epistaxis

[ep-uh-stak-sis]

noun Pathology.

nosebleed.

Origin of epistaxis

1785–95; < Greek epístaxis a dripping, equivalent to epi- epi- + stag-, stem of stázein to drip, drop + -sis -sis

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for epistaxis

Historical Examples of epistaxis

Oh yes, he glibly replied, I think they call it the Rubus epistaxis.
Pastoral Days
William Hamilton Gibson
He also had slight headache and the bowels were constipated; no epistaxis.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I
Various
In cases of so-called male menstruation the symptom is apt to be epistaxis.
Degeneracy
Eugene S. Talbot
No "fit" up to date; no epistaxis; only once a slight headache.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
Various
Bleeding from the nose, epistaxis, taking place frequently in a middle-aged person, sometimes is an early symptom.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:
Louis Marshall Warfield

British Dictionary definitions for epistaxis

epistaxis

noun

the technical name for nosebleed

Word Origin for epistaxis

C18: from Greek: a dropping, from epistazein to drop on, from stazein to drip

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for epistaxis

medical Latin, from Greek epistaxis "nosebleeding," from epi "upon" (see epi-) + stazein- "to let fall in drops" (see stalactite).

epistaxis in Medicine

epistaxis

[ĕp′ĭ-stăk′sĭs]

n. pl. ep•i•stax•es (-stăk′sēz′)

A nosebleed.