menorrhagia

American  

[men-uh-rey-jee-uh, -juh] / ˌmɛn əˈreɪ dʒi ə, -dʒə /

noun

Pathology.

1. excessive menstrual discharge.

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menorrhagia British  

/ ˌmɛnɔːˈreɪdʒɪə, ˌmɛnəˈrædʒɪk /

noun

1. excessive bleeding during menstruation

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Other Word Forms

• menorrhagic adjective

Etymology

Origin of menorrhagia

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

Example Sentences

In such instances, amenorrhœa is a result of menorrhagia.

From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond

Before analyzing such influence it is important to notice two other causes of menorrhagia, that are very frequently present in just such cases as Dr. Clarke describes.

From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

Let us now look at another phase; for menorrhagia and its consequences are not the only punishments that girls receive for being educated and worked just like boys.

From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond

The menorrhagia ceased, but persistent dysmenorrhœa now indicates the neuralgic friction of an imperfectly developed reproductive apparatus.

From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond

Internally, used for.—Second stage of dysentery, diarrhea in an infusion of milk; in bleedings, sore mouth, leucorrhea, gleet, menorrhagia and excessive mucous discharges, nose-bleed, bleeding from extracted teeth, piles, bleeding after labor, sore throat.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson