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

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)

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

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

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

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)

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