Vocabulary : Melaena to Melanagogue

Melaena : A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.
Melain : The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.
Melainotype : See Melanotype.
Melam : A white or buff-colored granular powder, C6H9N11, obtained by heating ammonium sulphocyanate.
Melamine : A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.

Melampode : The black hellebore.
Melampyrin : Alt. of Melampyrite
Melampyrite : The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.
Melanaemia : A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.
Melanagogue : A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

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