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xysma

 [zis´mah]
material resembling bits of membrane in stools of diarrhea.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

xys·ma

(ziz'mă),
Membranous shreds in the feces.
[G. filings, shavings, fr. xyō, to scrape]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

xysma

Membranous debris present in the faeces, the nature of which is uncertain; it is not used in the working medical parlance.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

xys·ma

(zis'mă)
Membranous shreds in the feces.
[G. filings, shavings, fr. xyō, to scrape]
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