Definition of "hematochezia" []

• The presence of fresh blood in stools, often due to lower gastrointestinal bleeding. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "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)?"