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Menorrhagia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Abnormally heavy or extended menstrual flow.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. excessive menstruation

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Profuse menstruation.

n. Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In physiology, ordinary menstruation.

n. In pathology, an immoderate menstrual discharge; menor-rhagy.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

Word Usage

"The diseases known as menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, amenorrhoea, abortions, prolapsus, chronic inflammations and ulcerations of the womb, with a yet greater variety of sympathetic nervous disorders, are some of the distressing forms of these derangements."

Antonym

oligomenorrhea

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

menses menstruum flow period catamenia

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

metrorrhagia

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

dysmenorrhea coryza fluor orchitis psychasthenia