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epi·staxis (ep′i stak′sis)

noun

Med. nosebleed

Etymology: ModL < Gr epistazein, to bleed at the nose < epi-, upon + stazein, to fall in drops: see stagnate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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