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bleeding sickness

bleeding sickness noun: any disease, illness, or condition involving loss of blood from the body (e.g. menstruation, hemorrhages, haemophilia, etc.).

Noun

bleeding sickness (countable and uncountable, plural bleeding sicknesses)

  1. (dated) Any disease, illness, or condition involving loss of blood from the body (e.g. menstruation, hemorrhages, haemophilia, etc.)
    Synonyms:
    bleeder's disease, bleeding illness

Synonyms of bleeding sickness

  • bleeder's disease
  • bleeding illness

Forms of bleeding sickness

pluralbleeding sicknesses

Origin of bleeding sickness

From bleeding (“loss of blood, hemorrhage”) + sickness.

Questions about bleeding sickness

What does bleeding sickness mean?
Bleeding sickness means any disease, illness, or condition involving loss of blood from the body (e.g. menstruation, hemorrhages, haemophilia, etc.).
What part of speech is bleeding sickness?
Bleeding sickness is a noun.
What is the plural of bleeding sickness?
The plural of bleeding sickness is bleeding sicknesses.

Words near bleeding sickness in the dictionary

  1. bleeding like a stuck pig
  2. bleeding Nora
  3. bleeding oak crust
  4. bleeding out
  5. bleeding red ink
  6. bleeding sickness
  7. bleeding stump
  8. bleeding the monkey
  9. bleeding time
  10. bleeding time test
  11. bleeding time tests

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