Ocular Hemorrhage
/ˈɒk.jə.lər ˈhɛm.ər.ɪdʒ/noun
Bleeding in or around the eye.
Did you know?The second half comes from Ancient Greek haimorrhagia, literally describing blood breaking or bursting out, while ocular comes from Latin oculus, “eye.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₃ekʷ-
“Eye; the ancient root behind Latin oculus”
Classical Latin
Latin
oculus
“Eye”
Ancient Greek
Greek
haimorrhagia
“A bursting or excessive flow of blood”
17th Century
Latin/New Latin
ocularis
“Of or relating to the eye”
17th Century
English
hemorrhage
“A sudden or excessive discharge of blood”
Modern English
English
ocular hemorrhage
“Bleeding in or around the eye”