Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Passage of blood from the bowels.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine The presence of fresh blood in stools, often due to lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
WordNet 3.0
- n. passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer)
Examples
“While being investigated, the patient had a life-threatening hematochezia.”
“A 53 year-old Caucasian man with no previous history of gastrointestinal bleeding presented with sudden, massive hematochezia and abdominal pain; his hemoglobin dropped from 12 to 8.3.”
“Have you experienced any signs of bleeding (including hematochezia, melena or hematemesis)?”
“A 52-year-old woman presented with a rectal mass and intermittent hematochezia.”
“Most Common Traditional Uses: Hemorrhages of various kinds (e.g., coughing blood, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, hematochezia, and metrorrhagia), traumatic injuries with bleeding and pain, stabbing pain in chest and abdomen.”
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Medical and drug words
hematemesis, abortus, hematochezia, melena, claforan, adnexa
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