Melena
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melena
[mə′lē·nə] (medicine)
The discharge of stools colored black by altered blood.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Melena
formless, viscous, black stools, resembling pitch; one of the most important symptoms of internal hemorrhage in the digestive tract.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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