(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
(v. i.) To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.
(v. i.) To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision.
(v. i.) To lose sap, gum, or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.
(v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.
(v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
(v. t.) To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
(v. t.) To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.
Example Sentences:
(1) The technique is facilitated by an amazingly low tendency to bleeding.
(2) One must be suspicious of any gingival lesion, particulary if there is a sudden onset of bleeding or hyperplasia.
(3) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
(4) If the latter is not readily correctable or if the patient is bleeding actively, anticoagulation with intermittent administration of heparin by the intravenous route is indicated.
(5) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(6) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(7) The conus was found to contribute little to forward flow under ordinary circumstances, but its contribution increased greatly during bleeding or partial occlusion of the truncus.
(8) The antibody-hapten profiles revealed that the DNCB-fed animalss contained predominatly IgG2 in their serum by the time of their initial bleedings, whereas sensitized animals still contained a considerable proportion of more acidic antibodies having marked charge heterogeneity.
(9) As to complications they recorded in one case mucosal bleeding after gastrofiberoptic polypectomy and in one case a covered perforation of the sigmoid at the site of colonoscopic polypectomy.
(10) Prolongation of bleeding time did not correlate with degree of thrombocytosis.
(11) A prospective randomized trial involving 64 patients with bleeding peptic ulcers was performed to assess the efficacy of two modalities of injection therapy.
(12) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(13) Following a dosage of 300,000 IU streptokinase the lysis was stopped because of severe bleeding from the urethrotomy scar.
(14) All 15 patients survived, and exploration of the cannulation site for bleeding was required in three patients.
(15) These findings imply that if bleeding occurs following revascularization, in addition to the use of replacement blood products, treatment should be directed at reducing the consumptive coagulopathy and inhibiting fibrinolysis.
(16) Early postoperative problems following aorto-ilio-femoral thrombendarterectomy include occlusion, bleeding and emboli.
(17) The use of the first oversulfation method provides slightly oversulfated derivatives which exhibit strong anticoagulant properties and may constitute effective antithrombotic drugs with no bleeding tendency, a side effect perhaps related to a high rate of sulfation.
(18) Mucosal bleeding and megakaryocytic hyperplasia occurred in all patients.
(19) The ideal prophylaxis should compensate for the undesired effects of an operation or injury on the coagulation system, without subjecting the patient to the danger of elevated tendency to bleed.
(20) A specific central vein catheter for puncture of the brachiocephalic vein has been developed which is provided with a valve by which air-embolism and unwanted bleeding from the catheter are eliminated.
Bleeder
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, draws blood.
(n.) One in whom slight wounds give rise to profuse or uncontrollable bleeding.
Example Sentences:
(1) studies, 7 were bleeders while 8 were non bleeders.
(2) Bleeders with DIC had a higher incidence of shock and a higher mortality when compared to non-bleeders.
(3) When tested in cell electrophoresis platelets from fawn hooded bleeder rats showed a significantly lower electrophoretic mobility than normal rat platelets.
(4) Diseases reported by the habitual bleeders were few, and the blood routine tests revealed only few diseases that could be related to the recurrent nose-bleeds.
(5) The survival curve of this group was much lower than esophageal variceal bleeders.
(6) None of the bleeders had a volume percentage of platelets in whole blood higher than 0.095%.
(7) The first steps of thrombus formation, in particular the adhesion and reversible aggregation, were significantly reduced in this model in fawn-hooded bleeder rats.
(8) For example, a relatively potent sclerosant solution (45) used in this study may be effective in treating variceal bleeders, but be too toxic and damaging to the esophagus for prophylactic EVS.
(9) Of the six variables used, variceal size indicated 35%, and intravariceal pressure accounted for 12%, of the explained variability between bleeders and non-bleeders.
(10) Five bleeders were excluded for confounding factors, e.g., warfarin.
(11) An examination of the twelve large extremity joints of sixty bleeders showed that 23% of the joints were restituted.
(12) Variables measured did not predict whether a horse was a bleeder not treated with furosemide, a bleeder treated with furosemide, or a nonbleeder.
(13) Primary bleeders hemorrhaged with greater severity and potential or definitive bleeding sites were found in them more often than in secondary bleeders.
(14) The PF3-F test was abnormal in approximately one-third of the bleeding patients and one-quarter of the non-bleeders.
(15) Evidence of esophagitis was also more pronounced in bleeders (50%) than in non-bleeders (23.3%).
(16) Heredity seems to be important in explaining the occurrence of varicose vessels as well as telangiomas in habitual nose-bleeders.
(17) Although thoracic duct lymph flow was increased at all stages of schistosomiasis, it was less rapid in "ascitic" and "varix bleeders" and thus the extravascular circulation turnover of erythrocytes and lymphocytes appeared to decline with chronicity of disease.
(18) These data support the need for colonoscopy in all types of rectal bleeders, regardless of the results obtained by BE.
(19) Individuals with joint pain had significantly lower Factor XI:C levels than members without joint pain and pain occurred more frequently in frequent bleeders.
(20) Haemostatic functions in 30 cases of cirrhosis liver (18 bleeders and 12 non-bleeders) irrespective of the type of cirrhosis were studied.