AMENORRHEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

Synonyms:

amenia; amenorrhea; amenorrhoea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amenorrhea"):

primary amenorrhea (delay of menarche beyond age 18)

secondary amenorrhea (cessation of menstruation in a woman who had previously menstruated)

Derivation:

amenorrheal (related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy)