‖ menorrhagia Path.
(mɛnɒˈreɪdʒɪə)
Also anglicized menorrhagy (ˈmɛnəreɪdʒɪ).
[mod.L., f. Gr. µηνο-, µήν month + -ραγία, f. ῥαγ-, ῥηγνύναι to break, burst forth.]
Excessive or long-continued menstruation.
| 1776–84 Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic (1808) II. 4, I treat of menorrhagia here as an active hæmorrhagy, because I consider menstruation, in its natural state, to be always of that kind. 1856 Mayne Expos. Lex., Menorrhagia Abortus, term for menorrhagy attendant on abortion. 1872 T. G. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 261 Menorrhagia may occur without pain. |
Hence menorrhagic (mɛnɒˈrædʒɪk) a., pertaining to or suffering from menorrhagia.
| 1844 Ashwell Dis. Women 147 She has been menorrhagic for several years. 1873 E. H. Clarke Sex in Educ. 62 Menorrhagic, dysmenorrhoeic girls and women. c 1893 F. P. Foster Med. Dict. III. 1576 Menorrhagic fever. |