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menorrhagia

American

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

noun

Pathology.

excessive menstrual discharge.

menorrhagia British

/ ˌmɛnɔːˈreɪdʒɪə, ˌmɛnəˈrædʒɪk /

noun

excessive bleeding during menstruation

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Other Word Forms

menorrhagic adjective

Etymology

Origin of menorrhagia

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

Example Sentences

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She had menorrhagia at that time, suffering from heavy periods.

From BBC

Opposed to amenorrhoea is menorrhagia, or an excessive menstrual flow.

From Project Gutenberg

Therapeutically the drug has been used for palsy, "incompetency and tumultuous distressing cardiac action," mitral disease, chorea, epilepsy, retention of placenta, catarrhal deafness, menorrhagia, sciatica, rheumatism, periostitis, hydrothorax, and transient deafness.

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

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By far the most mischievous in this way is menorrhagia of the young.

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