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amenorrhoea

/ æˌmɛnəˈrɪə; eɪ- /

noun

  1. abnormal absence of menstruation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of amenorrhoea1

C19: from a- 1+ meno- + -rrhoea
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Example Sentences

Absolute amenorrhoea is a complete absence of menstruation for several months; relative amenorrhoea is delayed, scant menstruation.

The treatment of amenorrhoea must be directed towards the cause.

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.

Take a teaspoonful in chamomile tea two or three times a-day in cases of amenorrhoea.

Fright, grief, great anxiety, mental shock cause amenorrhoea; so do homesickness and many forms of insanity.

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