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Definition of Menorrhagia
1. Noun. Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged.
Generic synonyms: Catamenia, Flow, Menses, Menstruation, Menstruum, Period, Symptom
Definition of Menorrhagia
1. n. Profuse menstruation.
Definition of Menorrhagia
1. Noun. excessive menstruation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Menorrhagia
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Menorrhagia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Menorrhagia
Literary usage of Menorrhagia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"... 1885, draws attention to the value of the operation in cases of unrestrainable
menorrhagia, and, above all, in those in which menorrhagia is symptomatic ..."
2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1872)
"The words menorrhagia and metrorrhagia are very often used in a vague way, ...
Simple menorrhagia is excessive menstruation, or extraordinary loss of blood ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases Peculiar to Women: Illustrated by Cases by Samuel Ashwell (1855)
"I have also occasionally seen inflammatory and spasmodic menorrhagia in young,
... In active menorrhagia, there generally exists, immediately before the ..."
4. A Treatise on the Diseases of Females by William Dewees (1854)
"OF menorrhagia. BY this term we would understand an immoderate discharge of fluid
blood, properly so called, or coagula, or both, from the internal cavity ..."
5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"menorrhagia signifies excessive bleeding at the menstrual periods. Constitutional
causes are purpura, haemophilia, excessive food and alcoholic drinks and ..."
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