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)
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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