also blood-shot, of the eye, "red and inflamed by swelling of blood vessels," 1550s, short for bloodshotten (c. 1500), from blood (n.) + old past participle of shoot (v.).
bloodshot eyes
blood-letting
blood-lust
blood-red
blood-root
bloodshed
bloodshot
blood-stained
blood-stream
bloodsucker
bloodthirsty
bloody