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Hemorrhage

/hˈɛmərɪdʒ/
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(noun) A heavy release of blood within or from the body.

Mother had a large lung hemorrhage and died.
My father died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage when I was fourteen.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The soldier suffered a severe ____ from a leg wound and needed an immediate blood transfusion.

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