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ep·i·stax·is (

-st

n. pl. ep·i·stax·es (-st

)

A nosebleed.

[Greek, from epistazein, epistag-, to bleed from the nose : epi-, epi- + stazein, to drip.]

epistaxis [ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs]

(Medicine / Pathology) the technical name for nosebleed

[from Greek: a dropping, from epistazein to drop on, from stazein to drip]

epistaxis

bleeding from the nose; nosebleed.

See also: Blood and Blood Vessels, Nose

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Noun

epistaxis - bleeding from the nose

nosebleed

bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage - the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

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epistaxis (redirected from rhinorrhagia)

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