metrorrhagia

American  

[mee-truh-rey-jee-uh, -juh, me-] / ˌmi trəˈreɪ dʒi ə, -dʒə, ˌmɛ- /

noun

Pathology.

1. nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.

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metrorrhagia British  

/ ˌmiːtrɔːˈreɪdʒɪə, ˌmɛt- /

noun

1. abnormal bleeding from the uterus

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Other Word Forms

• metrorrhagic adjective

Etymology

Origin of metrorrhagia

From New Latin, dating back to 1770–80; metro- ², -rrhagia

Example Sentences

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)

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)

Metrorrhagia.—When there is great loss of blood at other times than during the menstrual period, it is given the technical name of metrorrhagia.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Pinkham, Lydia Estes

Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia commonly have an identical cause and they frequently coexist.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

By menorrhagia is meant an excessive or too profuse menstrual flow; by metrorrhagia, a flow of blood between the menstrual periods.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)