Hēm'or-rha'ge, n.

n. [Gr. αἱμορραγία, from αἷμα, blood, and ῥηγνύναι, to break, burst; Lat. hæmorrhagia, Fr. hémorragie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood-vessels.

☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.