Anatomy

Melena

The black, tarry, foul-smelling FECES that contain degraded blood.

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The black, tarry, foul-smelling FECES that contain degraded blood.

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  • Melenas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Melena. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008551. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008551
  2. Melena. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melena
  3. Melena. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1163908