men·or·rha·gi·a (m n  -r  j -)n. Abnormally heavy or extended menstrual flow. men or·rhagic (-j k) adj. |
menorrhagia [ˌmɛnɔːˈreɪdʒɪə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) excessive bleeding during menstruation
menorrhagic [ˌmɛnəˈrædʒɪk] adj
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| Noun | 1. | menorrhagia - abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged 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 |
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