EPISTAXIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epistaxis mean? 

• EPISTAXIS (noun)
  The noun EPISTAXIS has 1 sense:

1. bleeding from the nose

  Familiarity information: EPISTAXIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPISTAXIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bleeding from the nose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epistaxis; nosebleed

Hypernyms ("epistaxis" is a kind of...):

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include nasal fullness and obstruction, pain, epistaxis, and the presence of a nasal mass.

(Nasal Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Epistaxis or nasal obstruction are common presenting symptoms.

(Nasopharyngeal Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations include nasal obstruction and epistaxis.

(Oncocytic Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include nasal fullness, epistaxis, rhinorhea, pain, and paresthesia.

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Nasal obstruction and epistaxis are the presenting symptoms.

(Nasal Cavity Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations include nasal obstruction, epistaxis, and the presence of a mass.

(Exophytic Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Nasal obstruction and epistaxis are the presenting signs.

(Ethmoid Sinus Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients may present with nasal fullness, obstruction, and/or epistaxis.

(Ethmoid Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations include nasal obstruction, epistaxis, and anosmia.

(Inverted Schneiderian Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus)