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Epistaxis

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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
epistaxis

"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).

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epistaxis

n. (context symptom English) nosebleed

WordNet
epistaxis

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.