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amenorrhea::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amenia, amenorrhoea |
| Type of | symptom |
| Has types | primary amenorrhea, secondary amenorrhea |
| Derivation | amenorrheal |
Examples of amenorrhea
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She does not cycle during the post-partum period of lactational amenorrhea.
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Young women who are intense athletes can develop a condition called athletic amenorrhea.
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One example is women with eating disorders suffer from oligomenohrrea and secondary amenorrhea.
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Treatment of secondary amenorrhea depends on the cause.
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Leptin is an effective treatment for hypothalamic amenorrhea.
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Amenorrhea is a symptom that has an underlying cause.
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The prevalence of athletic-associated amenorrhea among these runners is now estimated at 44 percent.
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The researchers studied 21 teenage athletes with amenorrhea, 19 normally menstruating athletes and 18 nonathletic girls.
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In females, amenorrhea is commonly observed.
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- Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
- Amenorrhoea (BE), amenorrhea (AmE), or amenorrhu0153a, is the absence of a menstrual period in a woman of reproductive age. Physiological states of amenorrhoea are seen, most commonly, during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding), the latter also forming the basis of a form of contraception known as the lactational amenorrhoea method...
- The absence of menstruation. Primary Amenorrhea afflicts a woman who has never menstruated. Secondary Amenorrhea afflicts a woman who has menstruated at one time, but who has not had a period for six months or more.
- Refers to a woman who is not having her period, either because of a medical condition or because her menstruation is being supressed by drug treatment.
- The absence or abnormal cessation of menstruation due to a number of factors including dietary, emotional, hormonal and exercise.
- Absence of menstruation for 3 months or more, not due to pregnancy, may be due to overtraining and eating disorder.
- The absence of menstruation in females. Excessive training in females can sometimes lead to this. Excessive training combined with restricted eating leading to amenorrhea (for 3 to 6 consecutive cylces) and osteoporosis is sometimes considered a syndrome referred to as the female athlete triad. ...
- When a woman does not have periods, either ever (after age 16) or they s as a result of: pregnancy, too much exercise, extreme obesity or not enough body fat, or emotional distress.
- The absence of menstrual bleeding in a woman who has not gone through menopause; may be due to such things as prolonged stress, thyroid disorders, excessive exercise, eating disorders, premature ovarian failure and others.
