bleeding time
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Wikipedia.
Related to bleeding time: clotting time, Prothrombin time
bleeding time
[′blēd·iŋ ‚tīm] (physiology)
The time required for bleeding to stop after a small puncture wound.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.