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Hemorrhage

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially excessive bleeding
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Stage 1 of 2
haima
Greek · ancient
"blood"
blood, combined with rhegnynai (to burst)
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Stage 2 of 2
hemorrhage
English · 1590s
"excessive or uncontrolled bleeding"
settled as the medical word for excessive bleeding
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