amenorrhoea
English
Alternative forms
- amenorrhea (U.S.)
- amenorrhœa (obsolete)
Etymology
Modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀ privative prefix + μήν ‘month’ + -ροια ‘flowing’ (from ῥέειν ‘to flow’).
Pronunciation
Noun
amenorrhoea (usually uncountable, plural amenorrhoeae or amenorrhoeas)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
lack of a menstrual period
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Further reading
- amenorrhoea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia