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Record 1 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bowels
DEF

The passage of dark colored, tarry stools, due to the presence of blood altered by the intestinal juices.

OBS

Can be seen in polyarteritis, or be secondary to bleeding from anti-inflammatory drugs.

OBS

melena: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Intestins
DEF

Évacuation par l'anus de selles noires contenant du sang partiellement digéré.

OBS

Peut s'observer dans la polyartérite noueuse ou être causée par l'usage d'anti-inflammatoires.

OBS

méléna : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

mélæna : terme privilégié par le Comité des sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Intestinos
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