Definition of Menorrhagia

1. Noun. Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged.

Exact synonyms: Hypermenorrhea
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

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Medical Definition of Menorrhagia

1. Excessive uterine bleeding occurring at the regular intervals of menstruation, the period of flow being of greater than usual duration. Origin: Gr. Rhegnynai = to burst forth This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menorrhagia

menopausal
menopausal syndrome
menopausally
menopauses
menophania
menopoma
menopome
menopomes
menoporsche
menoporsches
menopot
menorah
menorahs
menoroth
menorrhagias
menorrhalgia
menorrheas
menostasis
menostatic
menostation
menostaxis
menotropins
menow
menows

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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