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bleeding sickness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
bleed-ing sick-ness
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any disease, illness, or condition involving loss of blood from the body (e.g. menstruation, hemorrhages, haemophilia, etc.)

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

bleeding sicknesses (plural)

Synonyms

bleeder's disease bleeding illness

Questions

What does bleeding sickness mean?
Any disease, illness, or condition involving loss of blood from the body (e.g. menstruation, hemorrhages, haemophilia, etc.)
Where does bleeding sickness come from?
From bleeding (“loss of blood, hemorrhage”) + sickness.

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