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bleeding

1 noun
     
Related topics: Illness and Disability
bleed‧ing1 [uncountable]
MI the condition of losing blood from your body:
Use pressure to control the bleeding.
The bleeding had almost stopped.
severe/heavy bleeding (=when someone is losing a lot of blood)
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