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AMENORRHOEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does amenorrhoea mean?

• AMENORRHOEA (noun)
The noun AMENORRHOEA has 1 sense:

1. absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

Familiarity information: AMENORRHOEA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AMENORRHOEA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

amenia; amenorrhea; amenorrhoea

Hypernyms ("amenorrhoea" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amenorrhoea"):

primary amenorrhea (delay of menarche beyond age 18)

secondary amenorrhea (cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated)

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