haemorrhagia

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• hæmorrhagia, hemorrhagia

haemorrhagia

1. (pathology) haemorrhage
2. (pathology) Any of several hemorrhagic fevers.
3. (zoology) A former genus, Haemorrhagia, of moths belonging to the family Sesiidae, now placed in genus Hemaris in Sphingidae.

• “haemorrhagia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

From Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmi) for more.

haemorrhagia f

1. A heavy release of blood within or from the body

• → English: hemorrhage, haemorrhage (Commonwealth English), hæmorrhage (obsolete)