hemorrhage

hemorrhage
    n 1: the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel [syn:
         {bleeding}, {hemorrhage}, {haemorrhage}]
    v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: {shed blood}, {bleed},
         {hemorrhage}]
    

Hemorrhage \Hem"or*rhage\, n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr.
   a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf.
   F. h['e]morragie, h['e]morrhagie.] (Med.)
   Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the
         rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.
         [1913 Webster]
    

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "hemorrhage":
      abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation,
      asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleed, bleeding, blennorhea,
      bloody, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic, constipation,
      convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy,
      dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, ecchymose, ecchymosis, edema,
      emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, growth,
      hemorrhea, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension,
      icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice,
      labored breathing, lose blood, low blood pressure, lumbago,
      marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, nosebleed, pain,
      paralysis, petechia, pruritus, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure,
      shed blood, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm,
      spill blood, tabes, tachycardia, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo,
      vomiting, wasting