AMENORRHOEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amenorrhoea mean? 

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

1. absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMENORRHOEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

amenia; amenorrhea; amenorrhoea

Hypernyms ("amenorrhoea" 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 "amenorrhoea"):

primary amenorrhea (delay of menarche beyond age 18)

secondary amenorrhea (cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated)

Derivation:

amenorrhoeal (related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy)