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dysmenorrhea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Painful menstruation (menstrual pain), viewed as a symptom in any of various disorders.
Painful menstruation (menstrual pain), viewed as a disorder in its own right (and thus a diagnosis).

Pronunciation

/dɪs.mɛ.nəˈɹi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dysmenorrhea.wav

Word forms

dysmenorrhea dysmenorrheas dysmenorrhoea dysmenorrhœa

Etymology

From dys- + meno- + -rrhea = dys- + menorrhœa.

Synonyms

menorrhalgia period pain

Antonyms

eumenorrhea

Related words

premenstrual syndrome polycystic ovary syndrome

Derived words

dysmenorrheal dysmenorrheic dysmenorrhic

Translations

Catalan: dismenorrea Chinese Mandarin: 經痛 /经痛 Chinese Mandarin: 痛經 /痛经 Chinese Mandarin: 月經絞痛 /月经绞痛 Dutch: dysmenorroe Estonian: düsmenorröa Finnish: dysmenorrea Finnish: kuukautiskipu French: dysménorrhée German: Menstruationsbeschwerden German: Regelschmerzen German: Dysmenorrhoe Greek: δυσμηνόρροια Indonesian: dismenorea Indonesian: nyeri haid Indonesian: senggugut Indonesian: sumilangeun (Sunda) Italian: dismenorrea Kazakh: дисменорея Korean: 생리통 Polish: bóle menstruacyjne Portuguese: dismenorreia Russian: дисменоре́я Spanish: dismenorrea Sundanese: sumilangeun Tagalog: masakit na dating Ukrainian: дисменоре́я Vietnamese: đau bụng kinh Yiddish: ווסתּ־שמערצן

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