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- Bleeding - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Bleed
- Bleeding - a. - Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.
- Bleeding - n. - A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
- Nosebleed - n. - A bleeding at the nose.
- Metrorrhagia - n. - Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
- Menorrhagia - n. - Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.
- Dicentra - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis).
- Scurvy - n. - A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
- Styptic - a. - Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.