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hemorrhage

[hem-er-ij, hem-rij] / ˈhɛm ər ɪdʒ, ˈhɛm rɪdʒ /


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The certificate lists Mackie’s cause of death as a subarachnoid hemorrhage and blunt head trauma.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Misoprostol was initially approved by the FDA for stomach ulcers and is routinely prescribed off-label to induce labor, treat postpartum hemorrhage, and prepare the cervix for IUD insertion.

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

Kikuo Hatakeyama, 72, has served as the mayor of Hachirogata in north-east Japan since 2008, but fell ill in February and suffered a brain hemorrhage.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

The researchers also found strong evidence that daily aspirin increases the risk of serious extracranial hemorrhage and likely raises the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026

He looks at me in a way that causes a minor cerebral hemorrhage.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Monoclonal antibodies that are indicated for the early treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, for example, have a risk of brain hemorrhages and bleeds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Fluffy white clouds and red hemorrhages, the work of cytomegalovirus, bloomed across patients’ retinas until they went blind.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025

For the study, researchers looked at 4,879 people who had ruptured brain aneurysms, called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024

She helps singers dealing with polyps, nodules, hemorrhages, cysts, acid reflux, vocal fold swelling.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

The early days were rife with failure and the operation hemorrhaged money.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Now, with LIV’s Saudi backers on the brink of turning off the spigot for a business that has hemorrhaged cash, the future is even murkier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Like so many legacy media companies, it hemorrhaged money as it proved slow to adjust to the digital revolution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

For almost 90 miles, he pushed the other plane as both jets hemorrhaged fuel, until they crossed the border with Laos.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2023

They had both hemorrhaged badly, and blood plasma was in short supply our needs being low on the wartime priority list.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Lucky for its fans, South Point owner Michael Gaughan is perfectly content to continue hemorrhaging money on food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“Sometimes I think I can feel the planet just hemorrhaging under all this greed. Like it’s tectonic,” she laments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Misoprostol has been available by prescription for decades as a treatment for stomach ulcers and to manage postpartum hemorrhaging.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Clearing the uterus is standard care to stop hemorrhaging; misoprostol would only make the bleeding worse, they said.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

The metaphorical potency of Alexei’s illness was also undeniable—symptomatic of an empire gone sick, dependent on bandages and prayers, hemorrhaging at its core.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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