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blood·shot

 (blŭd′shŏt′)
adj.
Red and inflamed as a result of locally congested blood vessels: bloodshot eyes.

[From obsolete bloodshotten : blood + shotten, suffused, past participle of shoot.]
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bloodshot

(ˈblʌdˌʃɒt)
adj
(Pathology) (of an eye) inflamed
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blood•shot

(ˈblʌdˌʃɒt)

adj.
(of the eyes) red because of dilated blood vessels.
[1545–55]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.bloodshot - (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; "bloodshot eyes"
unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
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Translations
مُحْتَقِنٌ بالدَّم
krví podlitý
blodskudt
véraláfutásos
blóîhlaupinn
podliaty krvou
kanlannmışkanlıkızarmış

bloodshot

[ˈblʌdʃɒt] ADJ [eye] (from crying, lack of sleep) → rojo, enrojecido; (from anger) → inyectado en sangre
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bloodshot

[ˈblʌdʃɒt] adj [eyes] → injecté de sang
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bloodshot

[ˈblʌdˌʃɒt] adj bloodshot eyesocchi iniettati di sangue
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

blood

(blad) noun
1. the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart. Blood poured from the wound in his side.
2. descent or ancestors. He is of royal blood.
ˈbloodless adjective
1. without the shedding of blood. a bloodless victory.
2. anaemic. She is definitely bloodless.
ˈbloody adjective
1. stained with blood. a bloody shirt; His clothes were torn and bloody.
2. bleeding. a bloody nose.
3. murderous and cruel. a bloody battle.
4. used in slang vulgarly for emphasis. That bloody car ran over my foot!
ˈbloodcurdling adjective
terrifying and horrible. a blood-curdling scream.
blood donor
a person who gives blood for use by another person in transfusion etc.
blood group/type
any one of the types into which human blood is classified. Her blood group is O.
ˈblood-poisoning noun
an infection of the blood. He is suffering from blood-poisoning.
blood pressure
the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels. The excitement will raise his blood pressure.
ˈbloodshed noun
deaths or shedding of blood. There was much bloodshed in the battle.
ˈbloodshot adjective
(of eyes) full of red lines and inflamed with blood.
ˈbloodstained adjective
stained with blood. a bloodstained bandage.
ˈbloodstream noun
the blood flowing through the body. The poison entered her bloodstream.
ˈblood test noun
an analysis of a patient's blood to find out if he/she has any diseases. etc.
ˈbloodthirsty adjective
1. eager to kill people. a bloodthirsty warrior.
2. (of a film etc) full of scenes in which there is much killing.
ˈbloodthirstiness noun
ˈblood transfusion noun
the process of giving blood to someone through the veins during an operation etc.
ˈblood-vessel noun
any of the tubes in the body through which the blood flows. He has burst a blood-vessel.
in cold blood
while free from excitement or passion. He killed his son in cold blood.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

blood·shot

a. [eye] inyectado de sangre.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bloodshot

adj rojo (el ojo)
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature ?
"Tell these devils, these fiends, to let me pass!" shouted Denisov evidently in a fit of rage, his coal-black eyes with their bloodshot whites glittering and rolling as he waved his sheathed saber in a small bare hand as red as his face.
Directly Vronsky went towards her, she drew in a deep breath, and, turning back her prominent eye till the white looked bloodshot, she started at the approaching figures from the opposite side, shaking her muzzle, and shifting lightly from one leg to the other.
And his bloodshot eyes rolled with rich delight from the decanter and glasses on the octagonal table to another decanter in the quaintest and craftiest of revolving spirit tables.
Her eyes were bloodshot and the saliva had gathered in a white foam on her black lips.
They became pillars of bloodshot smoke at the first touch of day.
But presently I thanked God aloud: there was the gig swimming like a beetle over the bloodshot rollers in our wake.
His forehead was extremely low and receding, his eyes bloodshot, small and close set to his coarse, flat nose; his ears large and thin, but smaller than most of his kind.
A great bull pawed the ground and bellowed as his bloodshot eyes discovered the intruder; but the ape-man passed across their front as though ignorant of their existence.
From the jungle at his back fierce bloodshot eyes glared from beneath shaggy overhanging brows upon him.
The bloodshot eyes of the monster were flaming with rage.
Monty was standing over him with white, twitching face and bloodshot eyes.
Her step was unsteady; a dark flush appeared on her face, in place of its customary pallor; her eyes were bloodshot and widely dilated.