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Melena

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Dejection 76% connected

A casting down; depression.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Faeces 76% connected

Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation.

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Feces 76% connected

dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAeces.

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Ordure 76% connected

Dung; excrement; faeces.

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Stool 76% connected

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

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Melaena 92% connected

A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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