HAEMORRHAGIC
\hˌɛməɹˈad͡ʒɪk], \hˌɛməɹˈadʒɪk], \h_ˌɛ_m_ə_ɹ_ˈa_dʒ_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of HAEMORRHAGIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
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Of or caused by haemorrhage; as H. anaemia, H. infarct.
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Accompanied by or producing haemorrhage; as H. retinitis. H. diathesis, a state of the system which predisposes it to great and uncontrollable haemorrhage from trivial wounds; due to non-coagulability of the blood. In some persons congenital, in others induced by prostrating disease, especially purpura and scurvy.
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