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haemorrhage

/ˈhemərɪdʒ/noun

उच्चारण हेमरिज

रक्तस्राव

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noun
  1. 1

    [C, U] medical

    a large flow of blood from a damaged blood vessel

    रक्तस्राव

    • a brain haemorrhage
    • The accident victim died of a severe haemorrhage.
    • The patient was rushed to hospital with a haemorrhage after the fall.
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    • Doctors worked quickly to stop the haemorrhage during the operation.
    • A small haemorrhage in the eye can often heal on its own.

    Synonyms bleeding blood loss haemorrhaging

  2. 2

    [C, usually sing.]

    a serious loss of people, money from a country, a group

    (धन, लोगों का) भारी नुकसान, पलायन

    • a haemorrhage of talent abroad
    • The state faces a haemorrhage of skilled workers to other cities.
    • Rising fuel costs caused a haemorrhage of cash at the small airline.
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    • Rural schools are facing a haemorrhage of young teachers to private firms.
    • The party suffered a haemorrhage of support after the scandal.

    Synonyms drain outflow exodus loss depletion

verb
  1. 1

    [I]

    to lose a lot of blood; to lose a lot of money or people

    अत्यधिक रक्तस्राव होना; भारी नुकसान होना

    • The company is haemorrhaging money.
    • The failing airline is haemorrhaging passengers every month.
    • The old textile mill was haemorrhaging cash long before it closed.
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    • If the wound is haemorrhaging, press firmly on it and call for help.
    • The newspaper has been haemorrhaging readers since it moved online.

    Synonyms bleed lose drain

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

bleeding blood loss haemorrhaging drain outflow exodus loss depletion bleed lose

AaSpelling

haem·or·rhage

With hae- (British; American hemorrhage), double r and -rhage (not 'hemorage' or 'haemorrage').

hae- (British; American hemorrhage), दो r और अंत में -rhage ('hemorage' या 'haemorrage' गलत है)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Brain haemorrhage, internal haemorrhage.

Collocations: brain haemorrhage (मस्तिष्क में रक्तस्राव), internal haemorrhage (आंतरिक रक्तस्राव)।

⌂Word origin and word building

Haem- means blood (haemoglobin, haemophilia).

Haem- का अर्थ रक्त है (haemoglobin, haemophilia)।

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One-word substitution

A disease in which blood does not clot is haemophilia; lack of red blood cells anaemia; a doctor who studies blood a haematologist.

वह रोग जिसमें खून न जमे haemophilia; लाल रक्त कणों की कमी anaemia; रक्त का अध्ययन करने वाला डॉक्टर haematologist।