Hematochezia

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Passage of blood from the bowels.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The presence of fresh blood in stools, often due to lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
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  • noun. passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer)
  • Word Usage
    "While being investigated, the patient had a life-threatening hematochezia."
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