NOSEBLEED


Meaning of NOSEBLEED in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: nose (I) + bleed, v.

1.

a. : bleeding from the nose — called also epistaxis

b. : an attack of nosebleed

had a severe nosebleed

2.

[Middle English noseblede yarrow, from nose (I) + blede, bleden to bleed]

a. : either of two red-flowered plants:

(1) : a trillium ( Trillium erectum )

(2) : indian paintbrush

b.

[so called from its use in folk medicine to check epistaxis]

: yarrow

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.