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MENSTRUATION DICTIONARY

Updated: May 5, 2020

AMENORRHEA : Absent menstrual periods for more than 3 monthly menstrual cycles.


BIOLOGICAL CLOCK : A woman's need to have children before she reaches a certain age & can no longer physically do so.


CRAMPS : Pain that a woman gets during her periods.


DYSMENORRHEA : Difficult menstrual flow or painful menstruation or abdominal cramps.


HYPERMENORRHEA OR MENORRAGIA : Menstrual periods with abnormally heavy or prolonged bleeding.


HYPERMENORRHEA : Short or scanty periods, extremely light menstrual blood flow.


MENARCHE : The time in a girl's life when menstruation first begins.


MENOPAUSE : The time in a woman's life when her periods stop and she is no longer capable of getting pregnant.


MENTRUATION / PERIOD : In a woman, the process of discharging blood & other material from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until the menopause, except during pregnancy.


OLIGOMENORRHEA : Condition in which you have infrequent menstrual periods.


OVULATE : When a female ovulates, she produces an egg in her body and can become pregnant.


POLYMENORRHEA : Menstrual cycle that is shorter than 21 days. A normal menstrual cycle is between 24 and 28 days long.


POSTMENOPAUSAL : Relating to the time of a woman's life after the menopause.


PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME : The pain and unpleasant feelings or mood swings some women have just before their period every month.







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Feb 12, 2020

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