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| me·le·na [ mə lnə ] |
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production of black feces: a condition characterized by the production of black stools that are caused by bleeding into the bowel and the subsequent chemical changes in the blood effected by the bowel fluids
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| [Early 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek melaina, feminine of melas "black"] |
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