Melaena

Definition: Melaena

Melaena

Noun

1. Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding).

Etymology: Melaena \Me*l[ae]"na\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression me`las, m., me`laina, f., black.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Melaena

Synonym: melena (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Melaena

English words defined with "melaena": Globicephala melaena. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Melaena" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (melaena), German (melaena).

"Melaena" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Melaena" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	11	106,044

Expression using "melaena": Globicephala melaena. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "melaena"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		melaena (melena), melæna. (various references)

Dutch		melaena (blood in the stool, hematochezia, melena, tarry stool). (various references)

Finnish		mustat veriulosteet (melena), meleena (melena), veriripuli (melena). (various references)

French		mélaena (melena). (various references)

German		Melaena. (various references)

Greek		μέλαινα (melena). (various references)

Italian		melena (melena). (various references)

Pig Latin		elaenamay

Portuguese		melena (blood in the stool, hematochezia, tarry stool). (various references)

Spanish		melena (mane). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "melaena" (pronounced 'Me*l[ae]"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Echidna, Erythrina, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, HYENA, iguana, Krishna, lacuna, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-l-m-n"
	-1 letter: enamel.
	-2 letters: alane, anele, enema, leman.
	-3 letters: alae, alan, alee, alma, alme, amen, anal, elan, lama, lame, lane, lean, male, mana, mane, meal, mean, name, neem, nema.
	-4 letters: aal, ala, ale, ama, ana, ane, eel, elm, eme, lam, lea, lee, mae, man, mel, men, nae, nam, nee.
	-5 letters: aa, ae, al, am, an, el, em.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-l-m-n"
	+1 letter: amenable, nameable.
	+2 letters: allemande, amendable, magdalene, nameplate.
	+3 letters: allemandes, antifemale, delaminate, demandable, elecampane, emalangeni, enamelware, examinable, lamentable, magdalenes, manageable, menarcheal, nameplates, plasmagene, seamanlike, unamenable, unnameable.
	+4 letters: ambivalence, amiableness, balletomane, delaminated, delaminates, elecampanes, enamelwares, lamebrained, lineamental, machineable, malfeasance, mesalliance, metanalyses, miscellanea, plasmagenes, salmonellae.
	+5 letters: ambivalences, amicableness, balletomanes, damnableness, departmental, ethanolamine, galvanometer, magnetizable, malapertness, malfeasances, maltreatment, managemental, maneuverable, materialness, mecamylamine, mechanizable, merchantable, mesalliances, mesencephala, metalanguage, metencephala, methaqualone, nonmalleable, planetesimal, unmanageable, unmarketable, unmeasurable, unremarkable.
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