nosebleed
Noun
Meaning
A bleeding at the nose.
The yarrow. See Yarrow.
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Here’s how to blow your nose without damaging nasal membranes and causing a nosebleed: Use your thumb to close one nostril and blow gently out the other side.
Some of the things a doctor might to for a serious nosebleed are cauterizing (applying heat to) the nostrils or packing the nose with gauze to stop the bleeding.
My HMO is at my beck and call but at nosebleed costs.
It may not be dead, but its health has been less than impressive in recent years — certainly among hedge fund investors reeling from nosebleed asset valuations.
Of course, the opposite is true for some progressive-income-tax states -- i.e., they may have a high starting point or a nosebleed peak marginal tax rate on the wealthy.
There's a frightening scene where the sister suffers a seemingly unstoppable nosebleed -- for years after I read it every time my nose bled I thought I was going to die.