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AMENORRHEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Synonyms:
amenia; amenorrhea; amenorrhoea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("amenorrhea" 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 "amenorrhea"):
primary amenorrhea (delay of menarche beyond age 18)
secondary amenorrhea (cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated)
Derivation:
amenorrheal (related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy)
