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metrorrhagia

American  
[mee-truh-ray-jee-uh, -juh, me-] / ˌmi trəˈreɪ dʒi ə, -dʒə, ˌmɛ- /

noun

Pathology.
  1. nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.


metrorrhagia British  
/ ˌmiːtrɔːˈreɪdʒɪə, ˌmɛt- /

noun

  1. abnormal bleeding from the uterus

"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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Etymology

Origin of metrorrhagia

From New Latin, dating back to 1770–80; see origin at metro- 2, -rrhagia


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Mrs. C., aged forty-three, who had been under treatment for seven weeks for metrorrhagia, nietortes and peritonitis came under our notice.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia commonly have an identical cause and they frequently coexist.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

He seems to have been the first one to suggest that in metrorrhagia, with severe hemorrhage from the uterus, the bleeding might be stopped by putting ligatures around the limbs.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh

Metrorrhagia.—When there is great loss of blood at other times than during the menstrual period, it is given the technical name of metrorrhagia.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham

There is, indeed, no surer way of checking or of stopping a metrorrhagia than by curetting the womb during the very flow.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Havelock Ellis

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