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Origin
- Ancient Greekἐπίσταξις“nosebleed”
- Englishepistaxis
From Ancient Greek ἐπίσταξις (epístaxis, “nosebleed”): ἐπί (epí, “above, over, on, upon, besides”) + στάζω (stázō, “to drip (from the nostrils)”).
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Arabic رعاف
- رعافnosebleed
Catalan epistaxi
- epistaxinosebleed
Chinese Mandarin 鼻出血, 流鼻血
- 鼻出血 (Taiwan:bí chū xiě)nosebleed
- 流鼻血 (Taiwan:liú bí xiě)nosebleed
Dutch epistaxis
- epistaxisnosebleed
Finnish nenäverenvuoto, epistaksis
- nenäverenvuotonosebleed
- epistaksisnosebleed
French épistaxis, saignement de nez
- épistaxisnosebleed
- saignement de neznosebleed
German Epistaxis, Nasenbluten
- Epistaxisnosebleed
- Nasenblutennosebleed
Greek επίσταξη
- επίσταξη (epístaxi)nosebleed
Italian epistassi
- epistassinosebleed
Korean 코피, 비출혈
- 코피 (kopi)nosebleed
- 비출혈 (bichulhyeol)nosebleed
Portuguese epistaxe
- epistaxenosebleed
Spanish epistaxis
- epistaxisnosebleed
Tagalog balinguyngoy
- balinguyngoynosebleed
Tamil சில்லிமூக்கு, இல்லிமூக்கு
- சில்லிமூக்கு (cillimūkku)nosebleed
- இல்லிமூக்கு (illimūkku)nosebleed
Vietnamese chảy máu cam
- chảy máu camnosebleed
Welsh epistasis, gwaedu trwyn
- epistasisnosebleed
- gwaedu trwynnosebleed
Cite this entry
APA
epistaxis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epistaxis
MLA
“epistaxis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epistaxis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epistaxis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epistaxis.
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