Amenorrhea Definition

ā-mĕnə-rēə
noun
Abnormal absence or suppression of menstruation.
Webster's New World
Abnormal suppression or absence of menstruation.
American Heritage Medicine

(American) Alternative spelling of amenorrhoea.

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Noun

Singular:
amenorrhea
Plural:
amenorrheae, amenorrheas

Origin of Amenorrhea

  • a– Greek mēn month mē-2 in Indo-European roots –rrhea

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amenorrhea Sentence Examples

  • Primary amenorrhea is not having started menstruation by the age of 16, even tho other signs of puberty are present.

  • Starving women, female athletes and anorexics with low fat stores experience secondary amenorrhea.

  • About 5% of the patients who took either of the sequential regimens (C or D) had amenorrhea during that time.

  • This is sometimes referred to as the Lactational Amenorrhea Method.

  • There is usually a history of amenorrhea in female patients, and sometimes of abdominal pain, constipation, or lack of energy.

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AEAHEA

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