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amenorrhea

/eɪˌmɛnəˈɹiə/

amenorrhea is the alternative spelling of amenorrhoea.

Meaning of amenorrhoea

Noun

amenorrhoea (usually uncountable, plural amenorrhoeae or amenorrhoeas)

  1. (usually) Absence of menstrual discharge.
    Synonyms:
    nonmenstruation

Forms of amenorrhea

pluralamenorrheae
pluralamenorrheas

Origin of amenorrhea

From a- + meno- + -rrhea.

Questions about amenorrhea

What is amenorrhea the alternative spelling of?
Amenorrhea is the alternative spelling of amenorrhoea.
How do you pronounce amenorrhea?
Amenorrhea is pronounced /eɪˌmɛnəˈɹiə/.

Words near amenorrhea in the dictionary

  1. amenity block
  2. amenity blocks
  3. amenity fee
  4. amenity fees
  5. Amenophis
  6. amenorrhea
  7. amenorrheae
  8. amenorrheal
  9. amenorrheas
  10. amenorrheic
  11. amenorrheics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amenorrhea (page history and authors); amenorrhoea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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