Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Bleeding from the uterus not associated with menstruation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Uterine hemorrhage; an effusion of blood from the inner surface of the uterus in the menstrual period, or at other times.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology
uterine bleeding , other than themenses
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer)
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Examples
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If Mrs. Pepys's menstrual cycle occurred irregularly as stated in the third sentence of her husband's diary [Matthew Hodgart's review of The Diary of Samuel Pepys, NYR, October 8], she would be suffering from metrorrhagia not dysmenorrhea which implies painful menstruation.
Female Trouble Vanderbush, Eric J. 1970
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When the menstruation is very profuse, resembling more a hemorrhage than normal menstruation, it is called _menorrhagia_; if the hemorrhage from the uterus occurs out of the regular menstrual periods, it is called _metrorrhagia_.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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He seems to have been the first one to suggest that in metrorrhagia, with severe hemorrhage from the uterus, the bleeding might be stopped by putting ligatures around the limbs.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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There is, indeed, no surer way of checking or of stopping a metrorrhagia than by curetting the womb during the very flow.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Havelock Ellis 1899
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The abortion was attended with much metrorrhagia, and ten weeks afterward the movements of the other child could be plainly felt and pregnancy continued its course uninterrupted.
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The abortion was attended with much metrorrhagia, and ten weeks afterward the movements of the other child could be plainly felt and pregnancy continued its course uninterrupted.
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ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE. page 48: typo corrected department of the hospital was commissoned [commissioned] to treat diseases without the use of alcoholic liquids. page 53: typo corrected treatment for seven weeks for metorrhagia [metrorrhagia], nietortes [TN: unsure what this word is] and peritonitis page 106: typo corrected who, but for its mistaken use, might have recovered from the illness affecting then [them]. page 111: typo corrected or influenced by alcoholism.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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Mrs. C., aged forty-three, who had been under treatment for seven weeks for metrorrhagia, nietortes and peritonitis came under our notice.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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Its main use is in the treatment of excessive menstrual flow, either during the period itself (menorrhagia) or with blood loss between periods (metrorrhagia).
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Most Common Traditional Uses: Hemorrhages of various kinds (e.g., coughing blood, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, hematochezia, and metrorrhagia), traumatic injuries with bleeding and pain, stabbing pain in chest and abdomen.
Find Me A Cure 2008
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