menorrhagia

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

noun

Pathology.

1. excessive menstrual discharge.

menorrhagia

/ ˌmɛnɔːˈreɪdʒɪə, ˌmɛnəˈrædʒɪk /

noun

1. excessive bleeding during menstruation

Other Word Forms

• menorrhagic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of menorrhagia¹

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

Example Sentences

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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