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MELAENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does melaena mean?
• MELAENA (noun)
The noun MELAENA has 1 sense:
1. abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
Familiarity information: MELAENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
melaena; melena
Hypernyms ("melaena" is a kind of...):
BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)
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