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Definition of Amenorrheic

1. Adjective. Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy.

Definition of Amenorrheic

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amenorrheic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amenorrheic

Literary usage of Amenorrheic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and practice of obstetrics by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1918)
"Further child- bearing is prohibited (Duncan, Schade). Obesity.—Fat women are often amenorrheic and sterile. amenorrheic and sterile women are often fat ..."

2. Gynecology by William Phillips Graves (1918)
"These sections were immediately transplanted into the anterior cervical lip of the amenorrheic patients. The first patient a few days after the operation ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In America, foreign girls between the ages of 12 and 16, shortly after their arrival, often become chlorotic and amenorrheic. This condition usually yields ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"At fourteen menstruation appeared, bringing with it a train of amenorrheic symptoms, compelling her to give up her schooling almost entirely. ..."

5. Trends in Adolescent Fertility and Contraceptive Use in the Developing World by Thomas M. McDevitt, Arjun Adlakha, Timothy B. Fowler, Vera Harris-Bourne (1997)
"The treatment of pregnant and amenorrheic women has varied from report to report, however. (See, for example, Westoff and Ochoa 1992 and Philippines (NSO) ..."

6. The Psychic Treatment of Nervous Disorders: (The Psychoneuroses and Their by Paul Dubois (1908)
"She was not anemic, but she had been amenorrheic for seven months. All of these symptoms had happened at the end of an unfortunate married life which ..."

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