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amenorrhoea

/ æˌmɛnəˈrɪə; eɪ- /

noun

  1. abnormal absence of menstruation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amenorrhoea1

C19: from a- 1+ meno- + -rrhoea
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Absolute amenorrhoea is a complete absence of menstruation for several months; relative amenorrhoea is delayed, scant menstruation.

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The treatment of amenorrhoea must be directed towards the cause.

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The diseases known as menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, amenorrhoea, abortions, prolapsus, chronic inflammations and ulcerations of the womb, with a yet greater variety of sympathetic nervous disorders, are some of the distressing forms of these derangements.

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Take a teaspoonful in chamomile tea two or three times a-day in cases of amenorrhoea.

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Fright, grief, great anxiety, mental shock cause amenorrhoea; so do homesickness and many forms of insanity.

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