dysmenorrhœan.
/ˌdɪsmɛnəˈriːə/ Pathology.
Difficult or painful menstruation.
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amenorrhoea1772
menorrhagia1779
dysmenorrhœa1801
menostation1822
menostasis1839
menorrhoea1848
oligomenorrhoea1865
dysmenorrhagia1885
polymenorrhoea1928
premenstrual tension1928
premenstrual syndrome1944
PMT1978
1801 R. Thomas Mod. Pract. Physic I. 407 (heading) Of difficult menstruation, or dysmenorrhœa.
1873 E. H. Clarke Sex in Educ. (1880) 23 Those grievous maladies which torture a woman's earthly existence, called leucorrhoea, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea..and the like.
Derivatives
dysmenoˈrrhœal adj.
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1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 644/1 These dysmenorrheal membranes present all the characteristics of a true decidual structure.
dysmenoˈrrhœic adj.
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1873 E. H. Clarke Sex in Educ. 62 Pale, weak, neuralgic, dyspeptic, hysterical..dysmenorrhoeic girls and women.
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