hemorrhage
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
rhag
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
hemorrhage
the escape of large quantities of blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding
出血, 溢血
Dissection of hemorrhage
hemorrhage = hem (blood) + o + rrhag (=rhage, flow, gush, burst, spurt) + -e (-e does not have a meaning. For its origin and original meaning, please click here)
hemorrhage = the flowing of blood out of blood vessel;
hemorrhage = extended further to mean heavy bleeding
Now Repeat my Dissection
hemorrhage = the flowing of blood out of blood vessel;
hemorrhage = extended further to mean heavy bleeding
Important roots for this word:
hem
rhag
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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