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Melaena

The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

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The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

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melenanoun	The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

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Word	Definition
melenanoun	The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
phlegmasianoun	(archaic, medicine) An inflammation, especially of the internal organs.
choledocholithiasisnoun	The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
granulomatanoun	(medicine, loosely) Any small nodule.
anisakiasisnoun	(pathology) The disease caused by infection with Anisakis worms (usually through eating raw fish), characterised by violent abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
celiotomynoun	laparotomy
hematochezianoun	(medicine) The presence of fresh (bright red) blood in stools, often due to lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
tuberculomasnoun	(medicine) A lesion associated with tuberculosis.
haematemesisnoun	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hematemesis. [(American spelling, medicine) Blood within vomitus; the vomiting of blood.]
acanthocephalannoun	Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.
tuberculomanoun	(medicine) A lesion associated with tuberculosis.
hydrothoraxnoun	(medicine) The presence of serous fluid (liquid) in the pleural cavity.
uraemianoun	Alternative spelling of uremia. [(pathology) Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.]
tachypnoeanoun	(medicine) Hyperventilation.
atresiasnoun	(anatomy, medicine) A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.
haemoglobinurianoun	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemoglobinuria. [(medicine) The presence of hemoglobin in the urine.]
microfilaraemianoun	Alternative form of microfilaremia. [(pathology) infection of the blood with microfilariae]
macrocephalusnoun	(medicine) The condition of having an abnormally large head.
intussusceptionsnoun	(medicine) The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
capillaritisnoun	inflammation of the capillaries