Oligomenorrhea Definition

Oligomenorrhea Sentence Examples

• See also Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Menstruation; Oligomenorrhea; Sports.

• Medical dictionaries define oligomenorrhea as infrequent or very light menstruation.

• But physicians typically apply a narrower definition, restricting the diagnosis of oligomenorrhea to women whose periods were regularly established before they developed problems with infrequent flow.

• With oligomenorrhea, menstrual periods occur at intervals of greater than 35 days, with only four to nine periods in a year.

• True oligomenorrhea cannot occur until a young woman's menstrual periods have been established.