bleeder

bleeder /bleed·er/ (blēd´er)

1. one who bleeds freely.

2. any blood vessel cut during surgery that requires clamping, ligature, or cautery.

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bleed·er (bldr)

n.

1. A person, such as a hemophiliac, who bleeds freely or is subject to frequent hemorrhages.

2. A blood vessel from which there is uncontrolled bleeding.

3. A blood vessel severed by trauma or surgery that requires cautery or ligature to arrest the flow of blood.

4. A person who draws blood from another; a phlebotomist.

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bleeder

Usage notes: informal

1 a person who has hemophilia or any other vascular or hematologic condition associated with a tendency to hemorrhage.

2 a blood vessel that bleeds, especially one cut during a surgical procedure.

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bleeder

1. the popular term for an animal who bleeds freely, especially one suffering from a condition in which the blood fails to clot properly such as in hemophilia. In horses the term means one which bleeds from the nostrils during a race. Such horses are not allowed to participate in races. See also epistaxis.

2. any large blood vessel cut during surgery.

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bleeder

Surgery noun 1 An actively hemorrhaging Pt 2 A Pt whose BM has been ravaged by chemotherapy, and is thus highly susceptible to bleeding due to marked thrombocytopenia–eg, < 10,000 platelets/mm3 3 An overtly hemorrhaging blood vessel in an operative or endoscopic field Cf 'Clotter' Vox populi Phlebotomist, see there.