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A hemorrhage usually results from either a severe blow to the body or from medication being taken for something else. Though many hemorrhages aren't particularly serious, those that occur in the brain (cerebral hemorrhages) can be life-threatening. In older people, hemorrhages are often caused by blood-thinning medication taken to prevent heart attacks. A bruise (or hematoma) is a hemorrhage close enough to the surface of the skin to be visible. Hemorrhage is also a verb, which isn't always used to talk about actual blood; thus, we may hear that a business is hemorrhaging money, or that the U.S. has been hemorrhaging industrial jobs for decades. Be careful when writing hemorrhage; it's not an easy word to spell.
Examples of hemorrhage in a Sentence
Christine Dempsey, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
Black and Indigenous women disproportionately experience higher rates of complications, such as preeclampsia and hemorrhage, which contributes to their higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
For example, Rivian - one of Tesla’s key competitors, despite having a very compelling vehicle lineup - has been hemorrhaging around $1.4 billion per quarter over the past two quarters.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Hemorrhage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemorrhage. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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