hemorrhage

/ˈhɛm(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Latin haemorrhagia, 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 (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.

hemorrhage means A heavy release of blood within or from the body. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.

noun

A heavy release of blood within or from the body.“We got news that he died of a hemorrhage.”
A sudden or significant loss“the fiscal hemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalization”

verb

To bleed copiously.“The patient is hemorrhaging!”
To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.“The company hemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.”