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

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

The host of ills thus induced are known to physicians and to the sufferers as amenorrhœa, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhœa, hysteria, anemia, chorea, and the like.

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

Soon after that time she consulted the writer on account of prolonged dyspepsia, neuralgia, and dysmenorrhœa, which had replaced menorrhagia.

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