Hemorrhage — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

lose blood from one's body

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˌɪpəpˌæθəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛməɹɪdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛməɹɪdʒ/

3 syllables Say it as /hˌɪpəpˌæθəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shed blood bleed bleeding haemorrhage

Parts of Speech

noun	the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
verb	lose blood from one's body

Word Forms

bleed	verb	lose blood from one's body
hemorrhagic	adjective	of or relating to a hemorrhage
hemorrhage	verb	lose blood from one's body
haemorrhagic	adjective	of or relating to a hemorrhage
bleeder	noun	someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding
bleeding	noun	the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
hemorrhage	noun	the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Blutung

der Blutfluss aus einem geplatzten Blutgefäß

🇫🇷French

hémorragie

le flux de sang provenant d'un vaisseau sanguin rompu

🇪🇸Spanish

hemorragia

el flujo de sangre de un vaso sanguíneo roto

🇮🇹Italian

emorragia

il flusso di sangue da un vaso sanguigno rotto

🇳🇱Dutch

bloeding

de bloedstroom uit een gescheurd bloedvat

🇵🇹Portuguese

hemorragia

o fluxo de sangue de um vaso sanguíneo rompido

🇷🇺Russian

кровотечение

истечение крови из разорванного кровеносного сосуда

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नकसीर

फटी हुई रक्त वाहिका से रक्त का प्रवाह

🇧🇩Bengali

রক্তক্ষরণ

ফেটে যাওয়া রক্তনালী থেকে রক্তের প্রবাহ

🇮🇳Tamil

இரத்தப்போக்கு

சிதைந்த இரத்த நாளத்திலிருந்து இரத்த ஓட்டம்

🇮🇳Telugu

రక్తస్రావం

పగిలిన రక్తనాళం నుండి రక్త ప్రవాహం

🇮🇳Marathi

रक्तस्त्राव

फुटलेल्या रक्तवाहिनीतून रक्ताचा प्रवाह

🇮🇳Gujarati

રક્તસ્રાવ

ફાટેલી રક્ત વાહિનીમાંથી લોહીનો પ્રવાહ

🇮🇳Kannada

ರಕ್ತಸ್ರಾವ

ಛಿದ್ರಗೊಂಡ ರಕ್ತನಾಳದಿಂದ ರಕ್ತದ ಹರಿವು

🇮🇳Malayalam

രക്തസ്രാവം

പൊട്ടിയ രക്തക്കുഴലിൽ നിന്നുള്ള രക്തപ്രവാഹം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੈਮਰੇਜ

ਟੁੱਟੀ ਹੋਈ ਖੂਨ ਦੀਆਂ ਨਾੜੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਖੂਨ ਦਾ ਵਹਾਅ

🇵🇰Urdu

نکسیر

پھٹے ہوئے خون کی نالی سے خون کا بہاؤ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

出血

血液从破裂的血管中流出

🇯🇵Japanese

出血

破れた血管からの血液の流れ

🇰🇷Korean

출혈

파열된 혈관에서 나오는 혈액의 흐름

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xuất huyết

dòng máu chảy từ mạch máu bị vỡ

🇹🇭Thai

อาการตกเลือด

การไหลเวียนของเลือดจากหลอดเลือดที่แตกออก

🇮🇩Indonesian

pendarahan

aliran darah dari pembuluh darah yang pecah

🇵🇭Filipino

pagdurugo

ang pagdaloy ng dugo mula sa isang nasirang daluyan ng dugo

🇲🇾Malay

pendarahan

pengaliran darah dari salur darah yang pecah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نزف

تدفق الدم من وعاء دموي ممزق

🇮🇷Persian

خونریزی

جریان خون از یک رگ خونی پاره شده

🇹🇷Turkish

kanama

yırtılmış bir kan damarından kan akışı

🇮🇱Hebrew

שֶׁטֶף דַם

זרימת הדם מכלי דם שנקרע

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