Melena

What do we mean by melena?

The passage of black, tarry stools composed largely of blood that has been acted on by gastric juices, indicative of bleeding in the upper digestive tract. noun

See melæna. noun

A passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, as the result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. noun

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

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

Words that are spelled similarly to melena:
melena, elena, helena, selena, melaena, malena, melene, meena, melina, yelena, milena, melana, melea, delena, jelena, melen, celena, meleda.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word melena:
hematochezia, epistaxis, tarry, stools, wraith, gastrointestinal, paco, bleeding, stool, bleed, feces, sur, turtle, marcus, havana, bloody, del, cuba, blood, symptoms, skin, upper, municipal, develop, occur, heart, color, museum, disease, municipality, associated, loss, source, black, father, usually, province, lower, green.

Words that rhyme with melena:
elena, helena, tellina, elina, yelena, elena a, ellen a, helen a, helena a, mcclellan a.

Adjectives that are often used to describe melena:
true, massive, severe, recurrent, unexplained, intermittent, frank, chronic, gross, only, persistent, visible, dark, painless, red.

Consonant match to melena:
milliner, milano, maloney, melanie, melano, molina, melaena, maligner, malena, maline, molino, melinae, milani, moloney, melany, melone, melina, malina, mullaney, melano-, molinar, molano, merlino, meloni, mullany, molyneaux, malaney, malign a, malign her, malino, mallonee, malone a, melon he, merlina, milan a, milan he, milan new, milan who, molina a, molineaux, molony, moulin a, mullineaux.

Words that sound like melena:
melena, melaena, melaina, melina, molina, milena, malina, malena, milana, melana, melain, maulana, melanie, malaysia, milano, maloney, melony, melany, malin, marlena, malan, malaya, malasia, melonie, milani, melone, moloney, melani, melaine, mullaney, maline, meloni, molino, mayland, molyneux, malama, molano, molyneaux, malinois, malino, melano, mahlon, mullany, mellema, mailand, mellone, melinae, melun, nolana, nolina, melee, melanin, malign, malone, melinda, mailing, malia, maligned, machina, malay, mellisa, melia, meana, melania, mellissa, maina, mallon, malinda, melan, melin, malon, meline, melen, malen, mailings, mellen, marlana, malacia, mallen, mahina, maleness, mallin, malene, maligner, malvina, mellin, malones, emelina, mallia, mahana, melea, mahaney, malecha, melees, meland, maland, maligns, macina, malaguena, malatia.