epistaxis

epistaxis

See also: épistaxis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίσταξις (epístaxis, “nosebleed”): ἐπί (epí, “above, over, on, upon, besides”) + στάζω (stázō, “to drip (from the nostrils)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs/

Noun

epistaxis (plural epistaxes)

1. (medicine) nosebleed

Coordinate terms

• pseudoepistaxis

Translations

nosebleed

Arabic: رعاف‎ Catalan: epistaxi f Chinese: Mandarin: 鼻出血 (zh) (Taiwan:bí chū xiě) (medical), 流鼻血 (zh) (Taiwan:liú bí xiě) (casual) Dhivehi: ނޭފަތުން ލޭއައުން‎ (nēfatun̊ lēaun̊) Dutch: epistaxis (nl) f French: épistaxis (fr) f, saignement de nez (fr) m (casual) German: Epistaxis (de) f, Nasenbluten (de) n Greek: επίσταξη (el) f (epístaxi) Italian: epistassi (it) f Korean: 코피 (ko) (kopi) Portuguese: epistaxe (pt) f Sicilian: ipistassi f Spanish: epistaxis (es) f Tagalog: balinguyngoy (tl) Vietnamese: chảy máu cam

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Romanian

Etymology

From French épistaxis.

Noun

epistaxis n (uncountable)

1. epistaxis

Declension

declension of epistaxis (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) epistaxis	epistaxisul
genitive/dative	(unui) epistaxis	epistaxisului
vocative	epistaxisule

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίσταξις (epístaxis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /episˈtaɡsis/ [e.pisˈt̪aɣ̞.sis]
• Rhymes: -aɡsis
• Syllabification: e‧pis‧ta‧xis

Noun

epistaxis f (plural epistaxis)

1. (pathology) epistaxis

Further reading

• “epistaxis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014