HEMORRHAGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemorrhagic mean? 

• HEMORRHAGIC (adjective)
  The adjective HEMORRHAGIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a hemorrhage

  Familiarity information: HEMORRHAGIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMORRHAGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a hemorrhage

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

haemorrhagic; hemorrhagic

Pertainym:

hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)

Derivation:

hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)

 Context examples 

Mutations in the endoglin gene result in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.

(ENG wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Belongs to the class of enterohemorrhagic E. coli which produces Shiga-like toxins causing hemorrhagic diarrhea which can occasionally develop into kidney failure, most commonly affecting young children and elderly.

(Escherichia coli strain O157:H7, NCI Thesaurus)

A skin hypersensitivity reaction characterized by raised purpuric lesions, red macules, hemorrhagic blisters and ulcerations.

(Drug Induced Cutaneous Vasculitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Marburgviruses humans and primates and cause hemorrhagic fevers in humans.

(Marburgvirus, NCI Thesaurus)

The cystic spaces contain serous or hemorrhagic fluid.

(Cystic Nephroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A ganglioneuroblastoma characterized by the presence of neuroblastic cells in a Schwannian stroma, without the presence of hemorrhagic neuroblastic nodules.

(Ganglioneuroblastoma, Intermixed, NCI Thesaurus)

A ganglioneuroblastoma characterized by the presence of neuroblastic cells in a Schwannian stroma, and the formation of hemorrhagic neuroblastic nodules.

(Ganglioneuroblastoma, Nodular, NCI Thesaurus)

Leukemia is usually associated with anemia, fever, hemorrhagic episodes, and splenomegaly.

(Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by four families of viruses.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Accumulation of hemorrhagic fluid in the peritoneal cavity.

(Hemorrhagic Ascites, NCI Thesaurus)