MENORRHAGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menorrhagia mean? 

• MENORRHAGIA (noun)
  The noun MENORRHAGIA 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: MENORRHAGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENORRHAGIA (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 ("menorrhagia" 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)

 Context examples 

It usually presents with abnormal uterine bleeding and menorrhagia.

(Endometrial Stromal Nodule, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include hirsutism, menorrhagia and metrorrhagia.

(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)