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Bleeding from the nose

Answer for the clue "Bleeding from the nose ", 9 letters:
epistaxis

Word definitions for epistaxis in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"nosebleed," 1793, medical Latin, as if from Greek *epistaxis , a false reading for epistagmos , from epi "upon" (see epi- ) + stazein "to let fall in drops" (see stalactite ).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epistaxis \Ep`i*stax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + ? to drop.] (Med.) Bleeding at the nose.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context symptom English) nosebleed

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. bleeding from the nose [syn: nosebleed ]

Usage examples of epistaxis.

The epistaxis stained Talides's shirt and ran across the floor, where the blood tangled with the urine on the tiles and swirled down a drain in the center.