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Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.

Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- n.

A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.

Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison.

which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.

o, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe. The hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is a thin serous discharge. S. Sharp.

vered by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

ning to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive; as, a fluxionary hemorrhage.

or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called hæmolutein.

A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds.

The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.

Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.

Within the uterus or womb; as, intrauterine hemorrhage.

A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.

Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues. Passive congestion (Med.), congestion due to obstruction to the return of the blood from the affected part. -- Passive iron (Chem…

began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the eruption in smallpox. -- Secondary hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased. -- Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet. -- Secondary qualities, those qualiti…

brain, or Cerebral softening (Med.), a localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and white, softening.

Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.] Styptic weed (Bot.), an American leguminous herb (Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.