dysmenorrhoeic

See also: dysmenorrhœic

English

Adjective

dysmenorrhoeic (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of dysmenorrheic
    • 1982, Miriam Stoppard, Everywoman's Life Guide, Macdonald, →ISBN, page 234:
      Doctors are now able to prescribe drugs known as prostaglandin inhibitors, or anti-prostaglandins, which work by inhibiting excess production of prostaglandin, thereby making dysmenorrhoeic women normal.
    • 1989, Shirley Pearce, Jane Wardle, editors, The Practice of Behavioural Medicine, BPS Books, →ISBN, page 193:
      It is currently believed that dysmenorrhoeic women have an excessive release of prostaglandins or an excessive sensitivity to their presence.
    • 2006, Caroline Anderson, Maternal Instinct, Mills & Boon, →ISBN, page 164:
      Obviously her body had decided that it was time for a full-on dysmenorrhoeic horror show, and it had chosen to today to start.
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