Occult Blood

Occult blood may refer to:

  • Fecal occult blood, blood present in the feces that is not visibly apparent
  • Hematuria, the presence of red blood cells in the urine

Famous quotes containing the words occult and/or blood:

    “The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me, and I to them.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Of Eva first, that for hir wikkednesse
    Was al mankinde brought to wrecchednesse,
    For which that Jesu Crist himself was slain
    That boughte us with his herte blood again—
    Lo, heer expres of wommen may ye finde
    That womman was the los of al mankinde.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)