Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D006471
altLabel
Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal
Hematochezia
Hematochezias
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages
AN
coord IM with specific intestinal dis (IM), as colonic hemorrhage = GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE (IM) + COLONIC DISEASES (IM); rectal bleeding: see note under RECTUM; X ref HEMATOCHEZIA is red blood in the feces when bleeding is from the lower bowel: do not coord with FECES unless feces are particularly discussed
AQL
BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI
cui
C0017181
C0018932
DC
1
definition
Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.
The passage of bright red blood from the rectum. The blood may or may not be mixed with formed stool in the form of blood, blood clots, bloody stool or diarrhea.