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menorrhagia

[ men-uh-rey-jee-uh, -juh ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. excessive menstrual discharge.


menorrhagia

/ ˌmɛnɔːˈreɪdʒɪə; ˌmɛnəˈrædʒɪk /

noun

  1. excessive bleeding during menstruation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • menorrhagic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ǰ·󲹲· [men-, uh, -, raj, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of menorrhagia1

First recorded in 1770–80; meno- + -rrhagia
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Example Sentences

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She had menorrhagia at that time, suffering from heavy periods.

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Opposed to amenorrhoea is menorrhagia, or an excessive menstrual flow.

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Therapeutically the drug has been used for palsy, "incompetency and tumultuous distressing cardiac action," mitral disease, chorea, epilepsy, retention of placenta, catarrhal deafness, menorrhagia, sciatica, rheumatism, periostitis, hydrothorax, and transient deafness.

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In the treatment of both menorrhagia and metrorrhagia the local condition must be carefully ascertained.

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By far the most mischievous in this way is menorrhagia of the young.

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