"melæna" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Dr Chambers records a case in which it appeared certain that a gradual oozing of blood, causing continued melæna, was arrested by dilute sulphuric acid, with Battley’s solution of opium.",
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        "Obsolete form of melena."
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        "Obsolete form of melena."
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