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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

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

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

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 ).

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.