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Webster 1913 Edition

Dysmenorrhea

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Dys-menˊor-rhe′a

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Noun.

[Gr.

δυσ-

ill, hard + [GREEK] month + [GREEK] to flow.]

(Med.)

Difficult and painful menstruation.

Definition 2025

dysmenorrhea

dysmenorrhea

English

Alternative forms

dysmenorrhoea (British)
dysmenorrhœa (chiefly British)

Noun

dysmenorrhea ‎(countable and uncountable, plural dysmenorrheas)

(pathology) Painful menstruation.

Translations

painful menstruation

Catalan: dismenorrea f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 經痛 (zh), 经痛 (zh) ‎(jīngtòng)
Dutch: dysmenorroe (nl)
Estonian: düsmenorröa

French: dysménorrhée (fr) f
German: Menstruationsbeschwerden f pl
Italian: dismenorrea (it) f
Portuguese: dismenorreia (pt) f
Spanish: dismenorrea f
Tagalog: masakit na dating

Synonyms

menorrhalgia

Derived terms

dysmenorrheic

References

The Language of Medicine