HEMORRHAGY, noun [Gr. blood, and to burst.] A flux of blood, proceeding from the rupture of a blood-vessel, or some other cause. The ancients confined the word to a discharge of blood from the nose; but in modern use, it is applied to a flux from the nose, lungs, intestines, etc.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.