Hemorrhage

Hem"or*rhage (?), n. [L. haemorrhagia, Gr. a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf. F. hémorragie, hémorrhagie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.