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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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hemorrhagic

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciationhem-uh-RID-jik

Of, relating to, or producing hemorrhage.

In a Sentence

“The doctor warned that the patient's hemorrhagic stroke required immediate treatment.”

Origin

From Greek haima ‘blood’ + rhēgnynai ‘to burst’.

Common Phrases

fever hemorrhagicshock hemorrhagicdisease hemorrhagicdiathesis hemorrhagicstroke hemorrhagiccystitis hemorrhagichemorrhagic acutehemorrhagic hereditary

Synonyms

haemorrhagic

Antonyms

nonhemorrhagic

Related Words

haemorrhaginghaemorrhagebleedingbloodiedbloodstainedblood-soakedblood-spattered

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