amenorrhea
Noun: - Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow: A medical condition characterized by the lack of menstrual periods in a woman of reproductive age. It is typically categorized as primary (when menstruation has never begun by age 15) or secondary (when established menstruation stops for three months or more).
- Noun:
- Extreme weight loss can lead to amenorrhea.
- The doctor diagnosed the cause of her amenorrhea as a hormonal imbalance.
- Primary amenorrhea is often investigated if a girl has not had her first period by age 16.
"Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea": A specific type of amenorrhea caused by stress, excessive exercise, or low body weight disrupting the brain's signaling to the ovaries.
- Her intense training schedule resulted in functional hypothalamic amenorrhea.
"Post-pill amenorrhea": The temporary absence of menstruation after stopping oral contraceptive pills.
- She experienced post-pill amenorrhea for several months.
Amenorrhoea (noun): The British English spelling of the word.
- The medical notes recorded the symptom as amenorrhoea.
Amenorrheic (adjective): Describing a state or condition of having amenorrhea.
- The patient remained amenorrheic throughout the study.
- Absence of menses: A formal phrase meaning the lack of menstrual periods.
- Menstrual suppression: The deliberate or natural stopping of menstrual flow.
- Oligomenorrhea: A related condition involving infrequent or light menstrual periods, not a complete absence.
- Dysmenorrhea: A condition involving painful menstrual cramps, which is distinct from the absence of flow.
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absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
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