Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A suppression of menses, especially from other causes than age or pregnancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
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- noun medicine Absence of
menstrual discharge.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
- noun absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Etymologies
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Examples
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Long-term complications of untreated athletic amenorrhoea include susceptibility to broken bones and premature aging.
Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010
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Long-term complications of untreated athletic amenorrhoea include susceptibility to broken bones and premature aging.
Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010
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Changes in menstrual flow spotting, breakthrough bleeding, amenorrhoea temporary intermenstrual bleeding, changes in libido, depressive moods, abdominal cramping or bloating and dizziness may occur.
Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind 2007
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Where oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea have occurred in the past, caution is advised.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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Changes in menstrual flow spotting, breakthrough bleeding, amenorrhoea temporary intermenstrual bleeding, changes in libido, depressive moods, abdominal cramping or bloating and dizziness may occur.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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Prolonged amenorrhoea following the use of oral contraceptives may occur.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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Where oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea have occurred in the past, caution is advised.
Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind 2007
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Prolonged amenorrhoea following the use of oral contraceptives may occur.
Hello Ginette 35 meet Risma 17 You are going to make her Blind 2007
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Musheteko: applied to ulcers, and the infusion also internally in amenorrhoea.
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I learned just this morning that a large factor in amenorrhoea (lack of menstruation) is a calcium deficit that results in underproduced levels of estrogen; thus, I do not bleed.
absentia Diary Entry absentia 2002
hernesheir commented on the word amenorrhoea
Amen to that! Some I know would aver.
March 11, 2011