HYPERMENORRHEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypermenorrhea mean? 

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

1. abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERMENORRHEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

hypermenorrhea; menorrhagia

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

catamenia; flow; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period (the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause)

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