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nosebleed

UK/ˈnəʊzˌbliːd/US/ˈnoʊzˌblid/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,093 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: nosebleeds

A nosebleed is a flow of blood from the nostrils. Dramatic, alarming, and usually harmless.

The blood vessels just inside the nose are very close to the surface, which is why dry air, a knock or simply blowing hard sets one off. The advice has changed, and the current guidance is to lean forward and pinch the soft part rather than tipping the head back. There is a figurative use about height, since nosebleed seats are the ones right at the top.

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Definitions of nosebleed

  1. 1nounnosebleedAn escape of blood from the nose.B1+

    “He got a nosebleed in the second half and had to come off.”

Where it comes from

From nose + bleed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 11 of A Man Called Ove.

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nosebleed in the wild

  • A nosebleed, also known medically as epistaxis, is bleeding from the nasal cavity caused by rupture of small blood vessels in the nasal mucosa.

    Nosebleed

  • Although nosebleeds can appear dramatic, they are rarely life-threatening; most resolve without medical intervention, but posterior or severe bleeds may require urgent care.

    Nosebleed

  • The reference alludes to the tendency for mountain climbers to suffer nosebleeds at high altitudes.

    Nosebleed section

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.