[mod.L., a. Gr. ἐπίσταξις, f. ἐπιστάζειν to bleed at the nose, f. ἐπί upon + στάζειν to let fall in drops.] Bleeding from the nose.
1793. T. Beddoes, Lett. to E. Darwin, 8. The blood, discharged by Epistaxis or Hæmoptysis, has a colour evidently more florid than usual.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 264. Epistaxis is the most common form of hemorrhage.
