menorrhagia
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The most frequent effect is to inhibit it, but it may be anticipated or delayed, and where there is a tendency to too profuse a flow, it may produce menorrhagia.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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
In such instances, amenorrhœa is a result of menorrhagia.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond
By menorrhagia we understand an immoderate flow of the menses.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
Metrorrhagia, or hemorrhage from the uterus at any time, is a term confounded with menorrhagia, which is an inordinate menstrual loss of uterine blood, but the distinction is not important.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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