melæna

A form of melena — The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Meanings

nounmelæna (countable and uncountable, plural melænas or melænæ)

plural melænas · plural melænæ

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of melena.

    Dr Chambers records a case in which it appeared certain that a gradual oozing of blood, causing continued melæna, was arrested by dilute sulphuric acid, with Battley’s solution of opium.

    1891, Charles Hilton Fagge, Philip Henry Pye‐Smith, Text‐book of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, volume II, page 178
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