Definition of Metrorrhagia

1. Noun. Bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer).

Generic synonyms: Bleeding, Haemorrhage, Hemorrhage

Definition of Metrorrhagia

1. n. Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.

Definition of Metrorrhagia

1. Noun. (pathology) uterine bleeding, other than the menses ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metrorrhagia

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Medical Definition of Metrorrhagia

1. Uterine bleeding, usually of normal amount, occurring at completely irregular intervals, the period of flow sometimes being prolonged. Origin: Gr. Rhegnynai = to burst out This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metrorrhagia

metropoles
metropolia
metropolis
metropolises
metropolitan
metropolitan France
metropolitan area
metropolitan borough
metropolitan county
metropolitanate
metropolitanates
metropolitanism
metropolitans
metropolitical
metroptosis
metrorrhagias
metrorrhexis
metrorrhoea
metros
metrosalpingitis
metrosalpingography
metroscopes
metrosideros
metrosideroses
metrostaxis

Literary usage of Metrorrhagia

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.) (1899)
"Since pain is frequently absent, the relation of the metrorrhagia to the ovaries may be entirely overlooked unless a careful examination is made, ..."

2. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"metrorrhagia.—metrorrhagia is a hemorrhage from the uterus in the ... When we meet with a metrorrhagia which begins in an intermenstrual period, ..."

3. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"Chief Complaints: (I) Menstrual disturbances, consisting of long periods of metrorrhagia, from two weeks to five months in duration, followed by long ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"Treatment of metrorrhagia.—Dr. Edis lately delivered a lecture ou the treatment of metrorrhagia, at the Chelsea Hospital for Women. ..."

5. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"THE metrorrhagia OP PREGNANCY. MENSTRUATION OCCURRING IN THE EARLY WEEKS. FIG. ... THE metrorrhagia OP PREGNANCY. Hemorrhage caused by the separation of the ..."

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