MELENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does melena mean? 

• MELENA (noun)
  The noun MELENA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MELENA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

melaena; melena

Hypernyms ("melena" is a kind of...):

BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

 Context examples 

An autosomal dominant vascular anomaly characterized by the presence of multiple small telangiectases of the skin, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs, associated with recurrent episodes of bleeding from affected sites and gross or occult melena.

(Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)