metrorrhagia
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Origin of metrorrhagia
From New Latin, dating back to 1770–80; see origin at metro- 2, -rrhagia
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There is, indeed, no surer way of checking or of stopping a metrorrhagia than by curetting the womb during the very flow.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock
Mrs. C., aged forty-three, who had been under treatment for seven weeks for metrorrhagia, nietortes and peritonitis came under our notice.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
This frequently is an epistaxis, or a bleeding from hemorrhoids, or in women profuse menstruation or a metrorrhagia.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
In our own days, though almost unknown to "scientific" medicine, it enjoys a considerable reputation in popular medicine, chiefly for h�morrhages, and profuse menstruation, and metrorrhagia.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
The abortion was attended with much metrorrhagia, and ten weeks afterward the movements of the other child could be plainly felt and pregnancy continued its course uninterrupted.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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