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VICARIOUS HEMORRHAGE

\vɪkˈe͡əɹɪəs hˈɛməɹɪd͡ʒ], \vɪkˈe‍əɹɪəs hˈɛməɹɪd‍ʒ], \v_ɪ_k_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s h_ˈɛ_m_ə_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\

Definitions of VICARIOUS HEMORRHAGE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Flow of blood from a part in consequence of the suppression of a discharge from another part.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A hemorrhage from some other part of the body than the uterus in lieu of menstruation.
A critical Hemorrhage.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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