| bleed | 1. To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose. 2. To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. Bleeds in fevers. 3. To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence. "Caesar must bleed." "The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day." (Pope) 4. To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. "For me the balm shall bleed." (Pope) 5. To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded. 6. To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause. To make the heart bleed, to cause extreme pain, as from sympathy or pity. Origin: OE. Bleden, AS. Bldan, fr. Bld blood; akin to Sw. Bloda, Dan. Blode, D. Bloeden, G. Bluten. See Blood. 1. To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein. 2. To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap. "A decaying pine of stately size, bleeding amber." (H. Miller) 3. To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bleeder | <medicine> One who, or that which, draws blood. One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bleeding | Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion. A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bleeding polyp | Synonym: vascular polyp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bleeding time | <haematology> A test which measures the time it takes for small blood vessels to close off and bleeding to stop. Abnormal results can be seen in those with congenital or acquired platelet function disorders or thrombocytopenia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| intracerebral bleed | <neurology> A haemorrhage within brain tissue. most often from small arterioles within the brain and can be secondary to uncontrolled hypertension or congenital arterial aneurysm. (10 Jan 1998) |
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