amenorrhoea

English

Alternative forms

amenorrhea (U.S.)
amenorrhœa (obsolete)

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ privative prefix + μήν ‘month’ + -ροια ‘flowing’ (from ῥέειν ‘to flow’).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˌmɛnəˈɹiːə/, /ˌeɪmɛnəˈɹiːə/

Noun

amenorrhoea (usually uncountable, plural amenorrhoeae or amenorrhoeas)

(medicine) Absence of menstrual discharge.

Synonyms

nonmenstruation

Derived terms

Translations

lack of a menstrual period

Basque: amenorrea
Bulgarian: аменорея (amenoreja)
Catalan: amenorrea
Chinese:
Mandarin: 閉經 (zh), 闭经 (zh) (bìjīng)
Dutch: amenorroe
Estonian: amenorröa
Finnish: amenorrea
French: aménorrhée (fr) f
German: Amenorrhoe f
Greek: αμηνόρροια (el) f (aminórroia)
Irish: aimhíostrú

Italian: amenorrea
Japanese: 無月経 (むげっけい, mugekkei)
Norwegian: amenoré
Polish: brak miesiączki (pl)
Portuguese: amenorreia (pt)
Russian: аменоре́я (ru) f (amenoréja)
Serbo-Croatian: amenoreja (sh)
Slovene: amenoreja
Spanish: amenorrea f
Swedish: amenorré (sv)
Ukrainian: аменорея (amenoreja)

Further reading

amenorrhoea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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