bleeder
English
Noun
bleeder (plural bleeders)
- A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.
- (surgery) A blood vessel that requires cauterization etc. to stop it from bleeding during surgery.
- 2013, Theresa Welch Fossum, Small Animal Surgery Textbook
- Ligate or cauterize small subcutaneous bleeders and identify the linea alba.
- 2013, Theresa Welch Fossum, Small Animal Surgery Textbook
- Anything that saps a resource produced by something else.
- A valve designed to release a small amount of excess pressure from a system.
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) A troublesome fellow; a blighter.
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, Chapter 36,
- ‘Well, what did the old bleeder say?’ said Opus Fluke.
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, Chapter 36,
- A person who spends a great deal of time playing video games.
Translations
person who is easily made to bleed
blood vessel that requires cauterization to prevent bleeding during surgery
something that saps a resource produced by something else
valve designed to release a small amount of excess pressure from a system
person who spends a great deal of time playing video games
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