MENORRHEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menorrhea mean? 

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

1. flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENORRHEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

menorrhea; menstrual blood; menstrual flow

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

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

Holonyms ("menorrhea" is a part of...):

adult female body; woman's body (the body of an adult woman)