The act of striving; earnest endeavor. 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. Thus gods contended - noble strife -. Who most should ease the wants of life.
Often the person does not realize, that a blood vessel has burst, unless he stands in front of a mirror. The sclera (the white part of the eye) turns red, when a blood vessel breaks. When it affects other parts of the body, there is a purplish welt with blood spot appearing on the welt.
Spontaneous bursting of blood vessels on eyelid. has developed a little red speck of blood like a burst blood vessel in the white of the same eye. I ... and on her eyelid. The Dr didn't prescribe anything for it at the time, but did freeze a couple of them off ...