rebleeds

Hemorrhages a second

Rebleeds is the third-person singular verb form of rebleed, meaning to bleed again after bleeding has stopped or been controlled.

The term appears most often in medical contexts, particularly regarding wounds, surgical sites, or internal hemorrhages: The ulcer rebleeds in about fifteen percent of cases.

As a noun, rebleeds refers to multiple instances of renewed bleeding.

hemorrhage

hemorrhage

Profuse discharge of blood

coagulation · hemostasis · platelets · anticoagulants · wound · laceration · incision · trauma · sutures · gauze

complication

setback

Reverse in progress

intervention · reoperation · prognosis · recovery · stabilization · observation · postoperative · surgical · aneurysm · ulcer

recurrence

relapse

Return to former illness

chronic · cyclical · periodic · persistent · flare-up · return · reemergence · recurrent · repeated · ongoing

Opposites
bleeding recurrence vs. resolution

rebleedsheals

Restores to wellness

clots · hemostasis · coagulates · seals · stabilizes

Family

rebleeding, rebleed

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG