epistaxis

American  

[ep-uh-stak-sis] / ˌɛp əˈstæk sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

1. nosebleed.

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epistaxis British  

/ ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs /

noun

1. the technical name for nosebleed

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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

Doubt will arise only in very rare cases where a measly eruption appears on or before the fifth day of relapsing fever, with headache and mild delirium, but without severe gastric symptoms, epistaxis, or jaundice.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Instances of vicarious and compensatory epistaxis and hemoptysis are so common that any examples would be superfluous.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Sydenham5 also described a fever in which the prominent symptoms were diarrhoea, vomiting, delirium, a tendency to coma, and epistaxis, and which was distinguishable from the febris pestilens by the absence of a petechial eruption.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Hemorrhages from various surfaces have already been mentioned, and a full account given of epistaxis, which is by far the most common form.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

There are times when epistaxis is decidedly beneficial as it relieves headache, dizziness, and may avert the danger of a hemorrhage into the brain substance.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall