"nosebleed," 1793, medical Latin, as if from Greek *epistaxis, a false reading for epistagmos, from epi "upon" (see epi-) + stazein "to let fall in drops" (see stalactite).
权威例句
1. Trauma is the most common cause of epistaxis in domestic animals.
外伤是家畜衄血的最常见原因.
2. Epistaxis occurs in about 10 per cent.
鼻出血则约占10%.
3. Objective To evaluate the selective external carotid arterial embolization of uncontrollable epistaxis.