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noun
The presence of fresh (bright red) blood in stools, often due to lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: haematochezia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defecation, laxation, shitting
History
From hemato- + -chezia.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
