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nosebleed meaning

EN[ˈnəʊzˌblid]
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WNosebleed
  • Epistaxis (from Greek: ἐπιστάζω epistazo, "to bleed from the nose" from ἐπί epi, "above, over" and στάζω stazo, "to drip [from the nostrils]") or a nosebleed is the relatively common occurrence of hemorrhage from the nose,
  • Although the sight of large amounts of blood can be alarming and may warrant medical attention, nosebleeds are rarely fatal, accounting for only 4 of the 2.4 million deaths in the U.S. in 1999.
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    Definition of nosebleed in English Dictionary

  • NounPLnosebleeds
    1. A haemorrhage from the nose.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • On the trip up Mt. Ranier, two of the kids got nosebleeds from the dry air and altitude.
        • 'Nor do I have a family box: it's the upper gallery for me, what we call the nosebleed section.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Countable nouns
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      Meaning of nosebleed for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "nosebleed" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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