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metrorrhagia

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

noun

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


metrorrhagia British  
/ ˌmiːtrɔːˈreɪdʒɪə, ˌmɛt- /

noun

  1. abnormal bleeding from the uterus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of metrorrhagia

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


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This frequently is an epistaxis, or a bleeding from hemorrhoids, or in women profuse menstruation or a metrorrhagia.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne

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

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

In the treatment of both menorrhagia and metrorrhagia the local condition must be carefully ascertained.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

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 Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith

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 Havelock Ellis

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