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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
me·le·na       [muh-lee-nuh] Pronunciation Key
–noun Medicine/Medical.
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
Also, melaena.

[Origin: < NL < Gk mélaina, fem. of mélās black]
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me·le·na       (mə-lē'nə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A condition marked by black, tarry stool or vomit composed largely of blood that has been acted on by gastric juices, resulting from a hemorrhage along the digestive tract.


[New Latin melēna, from Greek melaina, feminine of melās, black.]

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melena

noun
abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding) 

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

melena me·le·na (mə-lē'nə)
n.
The passage of black tarlike stools containing blood that has been acted on by the intestinal juices.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Melena

Me*le"na\, n. (Med.) See Mel[ae]na.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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