epistaxis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of epistaxis
1785–95; < Greek epístaxis a dripping, equivalent to epi- epi- + stag-, stem of stázein to drip, drop + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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The prominent symptoms are pain in the region of the kidneys, oedema of face, tense and frequent pulse, great prostration, profuse epistaxis, violent delirium, and hyperpyrexia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
A brief editorial note on epistaxis through the eyes, referring to a case in the Medical News of November 30, 1895, provoked further reports from numerous correspondents.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
There are no symptoms that are pathognomonic, but œdema of the scalp with turgescence of its veins, epistaxis, and convulsions followed by paralysis, are those most likely to be met with.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Slight epistaxis indicates the possibility of rapid absorption through the blood-vessels; but here, too, the final result depends on whether the disinfection be equally rapid and thorough.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Dr. Charles W. Crumb cites the case of a man, sixty-five years old, with chronic nephritis, in whom a slight bruise of the nose was followed by epistaxis lasting twenty-four hours.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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