melæna
See also: melaena
English
Noun
melæna (countable and uncountable, plural melænas or melænæ)
- Obsolete form of melena.
- 1891, Charles Hilton Fagge, Philip Henry Pye‐Smith, Text‐book of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, Volume II, page 178:
- Dr Chambers records a case in which it appeared certain that a gradual oozing of blood, causing continued melæna, was arrested by dilute sulphuric acid, with Battley’s solution of opium.
- 1891, Charles Hilton Fagge, Philip Henry Pye‐Smith, Text‐book of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, Volume II, page 178:
French
Noun
melæna m (plural melænas)
- Alternative form of méléna
Further reading
- “melæna”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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