Hemorrhage
late 17th century (as a noun): alteration of obsolete haemorrhagy, via Latin from Greek haimorrhagia, from haima ‘blood’ + the stem of rhēgnunai ‘burst’.
wiktionary
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”).
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hemorrhage (n.)
c. 1400, emorosogie (modern form by 17c.), from Latin haemorrhagia, from Greek haimorrhagia, from haimorrhages "bleeding violently," from haima "blood" (see -emia) + rhagē "a breaking, gap, cleft," from rhēgnynai "to break, burst," from PIE *uhreg- "break." Related: Hemorrhagic.
hemorrhage (v.)
by 1882, from hemorrhage (n.). Related: Hemorrhaged; hemorrhaging.
Slang in Reports: B.I.D. for "Brought in Dead" and "Dotty" are, [Mr. Sidney Holland of London Hospital] considers, permissible expressions, but he draws the line at "fitting" and "hæmorrhaging." Only such terms, he says, should be used as outside doctors will understand. We would say that on a point of such odiously bad taste he might have been much more severe. [Lavinia L. Dock, "The American Journal of Nursing," May 1906]
