melæna

See also: melaena

English

Noun

melæna (countable and uncountable, plural melænas or melænæ)

1. 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.

French

Noun

melæna m (plural melænas)

1. Alternative form of méléna

Further reading

• “melæna”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.