menorrhagia

American  

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

noun

Pathology.

1. excessive menstrual discharge.

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menorrhagia British  

/ ˌmɛnɔːˈreɪdʒɪə /

noun

1. excessive bleeding during menstruation

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Other Word Forms

• menorrhagic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of menorrhagia

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

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Example Sentences

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menorrhagia

This species “has been highly commended as a remedy in dysentery after due depletion, diarrhea, menorrhagia, and leucorrhea.”

From The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 by James Mooney

Sterility in women may occur from the above-named causes of impotence, together with absence of the uterus and ovaries, or from great debility, syphilis, constant amenorrhœa, dysmenorrhœa, or menorrhagia.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

Internally, used for.—Suppressed urine, chronic urinary affections, diarrhea, menorrhagia, hysteria, etc.

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

All physicians are aware of the frequent dependence of menorrhagia upon anemia, not only acquired, but congenital.

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

If the trunk is incised, an astringent gum exudes and this they use in diarrhœa, dysentery and menorrhagia.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

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