Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Abnormally heavy or extended menstrual flow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In physiology, ordinary menstruation.
- noun In pathology, an immoderate menstrual discharge; menor-rhagy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Profuse menstruation.
- noun Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun excessive
menstruation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged
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Examples
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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.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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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.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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I read up on this thing called menorrhagia, heavy periods that hits women in menopause and girls who have just started having their periods (menarche).
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Dr. Ewen also pointed out that the changes in the rats, if extrapolated to humans, might lead to abnormally heavy or longer menstrual periods (menorrhagia).
Jeffrey Smith: Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats Jeffrey Smith 2010
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- Fat women suffer from menorrhagia, infertility and several other disorders of menstruation.
Hazards of Obesity 2008
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Some of us also have longer and heavier episodes of bleeding menorrhagia or flooding, and some have shorter periods and less bleeding.7 Some women have a very quick change in bleeding patterns and some experience irregular periods over more than five years.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Some of us also have longer and heavier episodes of bleeding menorrhagia or flooding, and some have shorter periods and less bleeding.7 Some women have a very quick change in bleeding patterns and some experience irregular periods over more than five years.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Some of us also have longer and heavier episodes of bleeding menorrhagia or flooding, and some have shorter periods and less bleeding.7 Some women have a very quick change in bleeding patterns and some experience irregular periods over more than five years.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Some of us also have longer and heavier episodes of bleeding menorrhagia or flooding, and some have shorter periods and less bleeding.7 Some women have a very quick change in bleeding patterns and some experience irregular periods over more than five years.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006
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Very heavy bleeding sometimes called hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia, or flooding is often just an annoying part of perimenopausal change.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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