hemorrhage, haemorrhage

(hem'6-rej) [G. haima, blood, -rhagia.] Bleeding, a flow of blood, especially if it is very profuse, acciden'tal h., h. occurring during labor from detachment of a normally situated placenta, distinguished from the unavoidable h. of placenta prsevia. bron'chial h., hemoptysis, cer'ebral h., apoplexy, concealed' h., internal h. gas'tric h., hematemesis. h. per rhex'in, h. due to the rupture of a blood ve el, inter'nal h., bleeding into one of the organs or cavities of the body, intes'tinal h., enterorrhagia, melena. intrapar'tum h., h. occurring duriiig childbirth, na's al h., epistaxis. paTenchy'matous h., an escape of blood into the substance of an organ, pete'chial h., capillary h. into the skin, forming pete chias, postpar'tum h., h. occurring during the third stage of labor or within the first twenty-four hours of the puerperium. pul'monary h., hemoptysis, re'nal h., hematuria, sec'ondary h., h. occurring at a more or le considerable interval after an injury or an operation, se'rous h., profuse transudation of plasma through the walls of the capillaries, as in serous diarrhea, unavoid'able h., h. occurring during labor in cases of placenta praevia, distinguished from accidental h. arrest of, hemostasia, hemostasis. causing, hemorrhagenic, hemorrhagiparous. checking, styptic, hemostatic, ant hemorrhagic, epistatic, he mat is che tic, staltic.