bleeding sickness

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bleeding sickness

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

noun bleeding sicknesses

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

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@misc{bleeding_sickness_2026,
  title = {bleeding sickness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bleeding%20sickness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}