Editing Nosebleed (section)

==Society and culture==
In the visual language of Japanese [[manga]] and [[anime]], nosebleeding often indicates that the bleeding person is sexually aroused.<ref name=Metroactive>{{cite news|title=Manga: The Complete Guide, reviewed by Richard von Busack|url=http://www.metroactive.com/metro/01.16.08/books-manga-0803.html|access-date=5 August 2011|newspaper=[[Metro Silicon Valley|Metroactive]]}}</ref><ref name="Sydney Morning Herald">{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Joyce|title=Superheroes for a complex world|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/superheroes-for-a-complex-world/2007/02/08/1170524225116.html|access-date=5 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=February 10, 2007}}</ref><ref name=ANN>{{cite news|title=Anime Physics: Nosebleeds|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2010-07-17/anime-physics/nosebleeds|accessdate=5 August 2011|newspaper=[[Anime News Network]]|date=17 July 2010}}</ref> In [[Western media|Western fiction]], nosebleeds often signify intense mental focus or effort, particularly during the use of psychic powers.<ref name="st-psychic-nosebleeds">{{cite web | url=http://daily.jstor.org/stranger-things-and-psychic-nosebleeds/ | title="Stranger Things" and the Psychic Nosebleed | publisher=JSTOR Daily | date=30 August 2016 | access-date=6 November 2016 | author=Tracey, Liz}}</ref><ref name="nosebleed-cinema">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sPAqEWLVa5QC&q=epistaxis+telepathica&pg=PA187 | title=Cinema of the Psychic Realm: A Critical Survey | publisher=McFarland | author=Meehan, Paul | pages=193| isbn=9780786454747 | date=2009-10-21 }}</ref>

In American and Canadian usage, "[[nosebleed section]]" and "nosebleed seats" are common slang for seating at sporting or other spectator events that are the highest up and farthest away from the event. The reference alludes to the propensity for nasal hemorrhage at high altitudes, usually owing to lower barometric pressure.

The oral history of the Native American [[Sioux]] tribe includes reference to women who experience nosebleeds as a result of a lover's playing of music, implying sexual arousal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Various |title=American Indian Myths and Legends |edition=2 |editor-last=Erdoes |editor-first=Richard |editor2-last=Ortiz |editor2-first=Alfonso |location=Toronto, Ontario |publisher=Random House of Canada Limited |year=1984 |page=274 }}</ref>

In the [[Finnish language]], "picking blood from one's nose" and "begging for a nosebleed" are commonly used in abstract meaning to describe self-destructive behaviour, for example ignoring safety procedures or deliberately aggravating stronger parties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saaressa.blogspot.fr/2011/01/finnsh-idioms.html|title=Finnish idioms and proverbs|website=saaressa.blogspot.fr|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref>

In [[Filipino people|Filipino]] slang, to "have a nosebleed" is to have serious difficulty conversing in English with a fluent or native English speaker. It can also refer to anxiety brought on by a stressful event such as an [[Test (assessment)|examination]] or a [[job interview]].<ref>[http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/omg-nosebleed-say-what/ OMG! Nosebleed! Say what?!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020150535/http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/omg-nosebleed-say-what/ |date=2013-10-20 }} Retrieved 28 August 2013</ref>

In the [[Dutch language]], "pretending to have a nosebleed" is a saying that means pretending not to know anything about something.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doen alsof je neus bloedt |url=https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/doen-alsof-je-neus-bloedt |website=OnzeTaal |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608092828/https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/doen-alsof-je-neus-bloedt |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Etymology===
The word ''epistaxis'' is from {{langx|grc|ἐπιστάζω}} ''epistazo'', "to bleed from the nose" from {{lang|grc|ἐπί}} ''epi'', "above, over" and {{lang|grc|στάζω}} ''stazo'', "to drip [from the nostrils]".{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}