DYSMENORRHEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dysmenorrhea mean? 

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

1. painful menstruation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSMENORRHEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Painful menstruation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dysmenorrhea"):

primary dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease)

secondary dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation that is caused by some specific disorder (as endometriosis))

 Context examples 

Both the acid and its sodium salt are used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic or musculoskeletal disorders, dysmenorrhea, and acute gout.

(Naproxen, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cyclooxygenase inhibiting, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) that is well established in treating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis and used for musculoskeletal disorders, dysmenorrhea, and postoperative pain.

(Piroxicam, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)