melena
See also: Melena
English
Alternative forms
- melaena, melæna
Etymology
From New Latin, based on Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈliːnə/, /məˈliːnə/
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈliːnə/, often IPA(key): /ˈmɛlɪnə/
Noun
melena (uncountable)
- The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Coordinate terms
- hematochezia (not to be confused; bright red blood in stool)
- rectorrhagia (not to be confused; bright red blood independently of stools)
Anagrams
- Leeman, Manele, enamel, manele
Galician
Melenas
Etymology 1
Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Arabic,[1] or from a substrate language.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [meˈlenɐ]
Noun
melena f (plural melenas)
- pelt cushion which protects the head of an ox when yoked
- Synonym: mulida
- bangs, fringe
- mane
Etymology 2
From Latin melēna, from Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [meˈlenɐ]
Noun
melena f (plural melenas)
- (pathology) melena
References
- “melena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “melena” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “melena” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- 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
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “melena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Noun
melena f (plural melene)
- (pathology) melena
Spanish
melena
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈlena/ [meˈle.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: me‧le‧na
Etymology 1
From Andalusian Arabic مُلَيِّنَة, from classical Arabic مُلَيِّنَة (mulayyina, “softening”).
Noun
melena f (plural melenas)
- mane (longer hair growth around head of male lions)
- Synonym: crin
Derived terms
- desmelenar (“to dishevel, ruffle the hair of; to lose one's composure, let one's hair down”)
Etymology 2
From Latin melēna, from Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Noun
melena f (plural melenas)
- (pathology) melena
Derived terms
- melénico
Further reading
- “melena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014