[ep.i.stax.is] n, pl -stax.es [NL, fr. Gk, fr. epistazein to drip on, to bleed at the nose again, fr. epi- + stazein to drip] (1793): nosebleed
EPISTAXIS
Meaning of EPISTAXIS in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012