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melæna

melæna is the obsolete form of melena.

Meaning of melena

Noun

melena (uncountable)

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

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Forms of melæna

pluralmelænas
pluralmelænæ

Questions about melæna

What is melæna the obsolete form of?
Melæna is the obsolete form of melena.

Words near melæna in the dictionary

  1. melzanosalata
  2. Melzer
  3. Melzer's reagent
  4. Melzer's solution
  5. Melzers
  6. melæna
  7. melænæ
  8. melée
  9. melées
  10. mem
  11. Mem'l

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Adapted from Wiktionary: melæna (page history and authors); melena (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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