bleeding

bleeding
1. Losing blood as a result of the rupture or severance of blood vessel s. 2. Phlebotomy; the letting of blood.
- dysfunctional uterine b. uterine b. due to a benign endocrine abnormality rather than to any organic disease.
- occult b. occult blood.

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bleed·ing -iŋ n an act, instance, or result of being bled or the process by which something is bled: as
a) the escape of blood from vessels: HEMORRHAGE
b) the operation of bleeding a person medically: PHLEBOTOMY

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n.

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bleed·ing (blēdґing) 2. the escape of blood from an injured vessel; see also hemorrhage. 2. phlebotomy.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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