menorrhagia

men·or·rha·gi·a  (mn-rj-)

n.

Abnormally heavy or extended menstrual flow.

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menor·rhagic (-jk) adj.

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Noun

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menorrhagia - abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged hypermenorrhea menses, menstruation, catamenia, menstruum, period, flow - the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease