Definition of Dysmenorrhea

1. Noun. Painful menstruation.

Generic synonyms: Hurting, Pain
Specialized synonyms: Primary Dysmenorrhea, Secondary Dysmenorrhea

Definition of Dysmenorrhea

1. n. Difficult and painful menstruation.

Definition of Dysmenorrhea

1. Noun. (pathology) Painful menstruation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dysmenorrhea

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dysmenorrhea

1. difficult and painful menstruation (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dysmenorrhea

dyslipidemia
dyslipidemias
dyslogia
dyslogies
dyslogistic
dyslogistically
dyslogy
dysluite
dyslysin
dysmasesis
dysmature
dysmaturity
dysmelias
dysmelic
dysmenorrheas
dysmenorrheic
dysmenorrhoeal membrane
dysmenorrhoeas
dysmetria
dysmetrias
dysmimia
dysmnesia
dysmnesic psychosis
dysmnesic syndrome
dysmorphia
dysmorphias
dysmorphic

Literary usage of Dysmenorrhea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical treatise on inflammation of the uterus, its cervix, & appendages by James Henry Bennet (1853)
"dysmenorrhea. BY the term dysmenorrhea is implied painful and difficult ... To such conditions, however, the appellation of dysmenorrhea cannot be applied ..."

2. Handbook of therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"dysmenorrhea The treatment of dysmenorrhea should, of course, vary with the ... Mosher believes that dysmenorrhea is largely a functional disorder, ..."

3. A Text-book of the Diseases of Women by Henry Jacques Garrigues (1897)
"If the dysmenorrhea comes from the uterus itself, it may be dt to inflammation of the mucous membrane or the muscular tissi (endometritis or parenchymatous ..."

4. Manual of Gynecology by Henry Turman Byford (1902)
"Inflammatory or congestive dysmenorrhea. Mechanical dysmenorrhea. Membranous dysmenorrhea. Some cases represent a mixed type. Ovarian dysmenorrhea is ..."

5. Gynecological and Obstetrical Tuberculosis by Charles Camblos Norris (1921)
"In nearly half (48 per cent) of our cases the dysmenorrhea appeared early in the course of the disease, and is, therefore, a sign of some diagnostic ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by John Milton Scudder, Robert Safford Newton (1857)
"dysmenorrhea. 984. By dysmenorrhea, we understand a painful and difficult flow of the menses, they being generally, though not invariably, ..."

7. A Text-book of practical gynecology by David Tod Gilliam (1907)
"A STUDY OF dysmenorrhea. I have given the above classification of ... Strictly speaking, there are but two forms of dysmenorrhea: neuralgic and mechanical. ..."

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