nosebleed

[ nohz-bleed ]

/ ˈnoʊzˌblid /

bleeding from the nose.

Origin of nosebleed

1400–50 as plant name; 1850–55 for def 1; late Middle English; see nose, bleed

He looked from Shorty, who was trying to stop his nose-bleed, to the broken glasses on the floor.

By Right of Conquest |Arthur Hornblow
Old Uncle Peter, down here a piece, has cured many a case of nose-bleed but he hain't 'peared to help mine.

The Story of a Doctor's Telephone--Told by His Wife |Ellen M. Firebaugh
Undoubtedly the type who got sick to his stomach at the sight of blood even though it might be no more than a nose-bleed.

Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 |Various
Out jumped the doctor, out of his valise he took the bottle of nose-bleed medicine.

Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail |Howard R. Garis

Guerrillas's like the nose-bleed—likely to come on you at any time.

Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) |John McElroy

nosebleed

/ (ˈnəʊzˌbliːd) /

bleeding from the nose, as the result of injury, etc Technical name: epistaxis

nosebleed

[ nōz′blēd′ ]

A nasal hemorrhage; bleeding from the nose.