1 [C,U] a medical condition in which there is severe bleeding inside a person's body:
a massive brain / cerebral haemorrhage * The injured were checked for any signs of haemorrhage or shock.
2 [C,usually sing.] ~ (of sb/sth) a serious loss of people, money, etc. from a country, a group or an organization:
Poor working conditions have led to a steady haemorrhage of qualified teachers from our schools.
verb [V] to bleed heavily, especially from the inside of the body; to have a haemorrhage:
After the operation she started to haemorrhage.
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