melena

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From New Latin, based on Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, black).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɪˈliːnə/, /məˈliːnə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈliːnə/, often IPA(key): /ˈmɛlɪnə/

Noun

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melena (uncountable)

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

Coordinate terms

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  • hematochezia (not to be confused; bright red blood in stool)
  • rectorrhagia (not to be confused; bright red blood independently of stools)

Anagrams

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Galician

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Melenas

Etymology 1

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Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Arabic,[1] or from a substrate language.[2]

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Noun

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melena f (plural melenas)

  1. pelt cushion which protects the head of an ox when yoked
    Synonym: mulida
  2. bangs, fringe
  3. mane

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Latin melēna, from Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, black).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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melena f (plural melenas)

  1. (pathology) melena

References

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  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “melena”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 376
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “melena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Italian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, black).

Noun

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melena f (plural melene)

  1. (pathology) melena

Spanish

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melena

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈlena/ [meˈle.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: me‧le‧na

Etymology 1

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From Andalusian Arabic مُلَيِّنَة, from classical Arabic مُلَيِّنَة (mulayyina, softening).

Noun

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melena f (plural melenas)

  1. mane (longer hair growth around head of male lions)
    Synonym: crin
Derived terms
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  • desmelenar (to dishevel, ruffle the hair of; to lose one's composure, let one's hair down)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin melēna, from Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, black).

Noun

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melena f (plural melenas)

  1. (pathology) melena
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