haemorrhagia
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See also: Haemorrhagia and hæmorrhagia
English
Alternative forms
Noun
haemorrhagia
- (pathology) haemorrhage
- (pathology) Any of several hemorrhagic fevers.
- (zoology) A former genus, Haemorrhagia, of moths belonging to the family Sesiidae, now placed in genus Hemaris in Sphingidae.
References
- “haemorrhagia”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
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.
Noun
haemorrhagia f
- A heavy release of blood within or from the body
Descendants
- → English: hemorrhage, haemorrhage (Commonwealth English), hæmorrhage (obsolete)