amenorrhoealamenorrhealadj.
/əˌmɛnəˈriːəl/, /eɪˌmɛnəˈriːəl/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌmɛnəˈriəl/, /ˌɑˌmɛnəˈriəl/ Medicine.
Affected with amenorrhoea; of, relating to, characterized by, or associated with amenorrhoea; = amenorrhoeic adj.
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menstrual1669
amenorrhoeal1832
amenorrhoeic1843
menorrhagic1844
premenstrual1864
oligomenorrhoeic1955
oligomenorrhoeal1963
polymenorrhoeal1963
polymenorrhoeic1968
1832 Lancet 7July 422/1 She had not had cough [sic], although it is so common a complaint with amenorrhœal females.
1854 Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. 19 275 She exhausted almost every amenorrheal symptom on record.
1912 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 5 85 In amenorrhœal insanity, what probably occurs is an ‘auto-intoxication’.
1982 Contraception 25 42 Two different IUDs with sustained low release of levonorgestrol were inserted in 10 amenorrheal and breast-feeding volunteers at 6 weeks post-partum.
2002 BJOG 109 1263/2 Women were defined as having ovarian failure if they were amenorrhoeal, had at least one clinical symptom suggestive of menopause and had elevated follicle stimulating hormone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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