metrorrhagia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- metrorrhagic adjective
Etymology
Origin of metrorrhagia
Example Sentences
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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)
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
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
He seems to have been the first one to suggest that in metrorrhagia, with severe hemorrhage from the uterus, the bleeding might be stopped by putting ligatures around the limbs.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
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
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