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hemorrhage

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


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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

Gary Coleman died in May 2010 at age 42 after suffering a brain hemorrhage in an accidental fall at his home in Utah.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2026

“He probably had a hemorrhage, a bleed in his brain you couldn’t see,” Gideon said.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

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

And then, on one random Wednesday, my left eye hemorrhages and fills with blood.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2024

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

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2024

The patient continued to bleed from the bowels, and these hemorrhages were now as black as pitch.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

But as this upstart took on the PGA Tour, LIV struggled to gain a commercial foothold and hemorrhaged money after teeing off in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

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

From Barron's May 20, 2026

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

I started my career at local newspapers, which hemorrhaged revenue as advertising moved online.

From Slate Dec. 3, 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

Furthermore, Apple’s focus on hardware would have made good business sense even if the frontier AI labs weren’t hemorrhaging cash, and even if those labs had found lots of profitable commercial applications for their models.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

The next morning, while the former chef was still in Palm Springs, the filing states that she awoke experiencing severe hemorrhaging and drove herself to the emergency room.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 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

Now, after years of hemorrhaging money and struggling to find a meaningful television audience in the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 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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