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Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
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amenorrhoea
Word definitions for amenorrhoea in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow [syn: amenorrhea , amenia ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Amenorrhoea ( BE ), amenorrhea ( AmE ), or amenorrhœa , is the absence of a menstrual period in a woman of reproductive age. Physiological states of amenorrhoea are seen, most commonly, during pregnancy and lactation ( breastfeeding ), the latter also forming ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) Absence of menstrual discharge.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amenorrhoea \A*men`or*rh[oe]"a\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? month + ? to flow: cf. F. am['e]norrh['e]e.] (Med.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
Usage examples of amenorrhoea.
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.
Combined with the resin of Blue Cohosh, it is an excellent remedy for amenorrhoea, dismenorrhoea, afterbirth pains, suppression of lochia and for febrile conditions of the parturient period, and combined with extract of Leptandra or Podophyllum resin, it acts well on the bowels and liver, and if mixed with Dioscorea is excellent for bilious and flatulent colic.