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Definition: Melena |
MelenaNoun1. Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Black, tarry feces containing digested blood. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MelenaSynonym: melaena (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Melena |
| Non-English Usage: "Melena" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (melaena), Portuguese (melaena), Spanish (mane). |
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Health | The most common of these manifestations are skin hemorrhages such as petechiae, purpura, or ecchymoses, but may also include epistaxis, bleeding gums, hematemesis, and melena. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following table summarizes the usage of "melena" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Melena | Last name | 170 | 50,446 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
melena | 52 |
melena venus | 5 |
venus melena hotel | 4 |
mary melena | 2 |
facialhumiliation melena | 2 |
kanakaredes melena | 2 |
facial humiliation melena | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "melena"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | melaena (melaena). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | melaena (melaena), teerkleurige ontlasting (melaena), teerfaeces (melaena). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | mustat veriulosteet (melaena), meleena (melaena), veriripuli (melaena). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | mélaena (melaena). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | μέλαινα (melaena). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | melena (melaena). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | elenamay melena (mane). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "melena" (pronounced 'Me*le"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 | |
Direct Anagrams: enamel. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n" | |
-1 letter: anele, enema, leman. | |
-2 letters: alee, alme, amen, elan, lame, lane, lean, male, mane, meal, mean, name, neem, nema. | |
-3 letters: ale, ane, eel, elm, eme, lam, lea, lee, mae, man, mel, men, nae, nam, nee. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, am, an, el, em, en, la, ma, me, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n" | |
+1 letter: amylene, empanel, emplane, enamels, enflame, gleeman, leadmen, melange, teleman, velamen. | |
+2 letters: aldermen, amenable, amylenes, bonemeal, dalesmen, empanels, emplaned, emplanes, enameled, enameler, endemial, enflamed, enflames, ensample, filename, hymeneal, lameness, lamented, lamenter, leadsmen, lemonade, liegeman, maleness, maneless, mantelet, melamine, melanges, melanite, melanize, mendable, mineable, nameable, nameless, placemen, salesmen, talesmen, whalemen, wheelman. | |
+3 letters: alimented, alinement, allemande, amendable, ampleness, bonemeals, cattlemen, chameleon, demential, ealdormen, elemental, eliminate, embrangle, emendable, empaneled, enamelers, enameling, enamelist, enamelled, ensamples, filenames, gentleman, germanely, greenmail, hymeneals, impaneled, intermale, lamenters, lemonades, letterman, lineament, madeleine, madrilene, magdalene, mantelets, meanwhile, melamines, melanites, melanized, melanizes, meningeal, mescaline, messaline, minelayer, nameplate, numerable, placement, ravelment, segmental, selectman, semblance, stablemen, tegmental, telamones, wheelsman. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 6C 65 6E 61 |
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