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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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
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)
Some of these instances were, perhaps, of the nature of compensatory hemorrhage, substituting the menses or periodic hemorrhoids, hemoptysis, epistaxis, etc., or possibly purpura.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
A free epistaxis or a copious diarrhoea will in the same way cause a fall of the temperature, but it is rarely so marked as in the preceding case.
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
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