ModL < Gr mēn (gen. mēnos), month, moon + -rrhagia
menorrhagia in American English
(ˌmenəˈreidʒiə, -dʒə)
noun
Pathology
excessive menstrual discharge
Derived forms
menorrhagic (ˌmenəˈrædʒɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1770–80; meno- + -rrhagia]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colonial, crescendo, international, jungle, taboomeno- is a combining form borrowed from Greek, where it meant “month,” used with referenceto menstruation in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affixmeno- include: amenorrhea, menophania, menorrhea, menoschesis, menostaxis