melena

• melaena, melæna

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

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

melena (uncountable)

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

• Leeman, enamel, manele

From Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”)

melena f (plural melene)

1. (pathology) melena

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

• IPA^(key): /meˈlena/
• IPA^(key): [meˈle.na]

melena f (plural melenas)

1. mane (longer hair growth around head of male lions)

   Synonym: crin

• desmelenar (“to dishevel, ruffle the hair of; to lose one's composure, let one's hair down”)