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Haemorrhage vs Ecraseur - What's the difference?

haemorrhage | ecraseur |

As nouns the difference between haemorrhage and ecraseur

is that haemorrhage is (pathology) a heavy release of blood within or from a body while ecraseur is .

As a verb haemorrhage

is to bleed copiously.

haemorrhage

English

(wikipedia haemorrhage)

Alternative forms

* hemorrhage (North American) * (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) A heavy release of blood within or from a body.
    • We got news that he died of a haemorrhage !
  • (figurative) A sudden or significant loss
  • * 2013 , Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/gibraltar-falklands-deny-logic-history]
    • Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.

    Synonyms

    * bleed * bleeding * *

    Verb

  • To bleed copiously.
    • It’s haemorrhaging now!
  • (figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.
    • The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.

    ecraseur

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (surgery) A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.