- menorrhagia
- noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1779 abnormally profuse menstrual flow
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menorrhagia
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Menorrhagia — ICD 10 N92.0 ICD 9 Premenopausal menorrhagia 627.0 DiseasesDB 22575 … Wikipedia
Menorrhagia — Men or*rha gi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mh n month + ? to break.] (Med.) (a) Profuse menstruation. (b) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
menorrhagia — [men΄ə rā′jē ə] n. [ModL < Gr mēn (gen. mēnos), month, MOON + RRHAGIA] excessive menstrual flow menorrhagic [men΄əraj′ik] adj … English World dictionary
menorrhagia — Excess bleeding at menses, in duration or amount. Causes are many, although chronic menorrhagia and PMS is usually the result of deficient progesterone secretions (days per month) or constant adipose released estradiol from obesity or recent… … Herbal-medical glossary
Menorrhagia — Excessive bleeding from the uterus which occurs right on schedule at the regular times of the menstrual periods but the bleeding is heavier than usual and may last longer than usual. * * * SYN: hypermenorrhea. [meno + G. rhegnymi, to burst forth] … Medical dictionary
menorrhagia — n. abnormally heavy bleeding at menstruation, which may or may not be associated with abnormally long periods. Menorrhagia may be associated with hormonal imbalance (in which case it is described as dysfunctional uterine bleeding), pelvic… … The new mediacal dictionary
menorrhagia — menorrhagic /men euh raj ik/, adj. /men euh ray jee euh, jeuh/, n. Pathol. excessive menstrual discharge. [1770 80; MENO + RRHAGIA] * * * … Universalium
menorrhagia — noun excessive menstruation Ant: oligomenorrhea … Wiktionary
menorrhagia — menÉ™ reɪdÊ’É™ n. excessive bleeding during menstruation (Pathology) … English contemporary dictionary
menorrhagia — [ˌmɛnə reɪdʒɪə] noun Medicine abnormally heavy bleeding at menstruation. Origin C18: mod. L., from meno + rrhag , stem of Gk rhēgnunai to burst … English new terms dictionary
