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mittelschmerz

mittelschmerz noun: lower abdominal and pelvic pain that occurs roughly midway through the menstrual cycle, during ovulation.

Noun (1)

mittelschmerz (uncountable)

  1. Lower abdominal and pelvic pain that occurs roughly midway through the menstrual cycle, during ovulation.
    • The feeling might last a few minutes or a few hours. Some women mark the times when they experience mittelschmerz in the miscellaneous section of their chart. Fertility indicators, available online or over the counter, also measure ...2004, Katie Singer, The Garden of Fertility: A Guide to Charting Your Fertility Signals to Prevent Or Achieve Pregnancy--naturally--and to Gauge Your Reproductive Health, Penguin, →ISBN, page 27
    • Only about one in five women experience mittelschmerz, and Suse is one of those women.2017, Mark Nethercote, A Time for Grace, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Mittelschmerz

Mittelschmerz

  1. Alternative letter-case form of mittelschmerz.
    • ... pain can sometimes be quite severe and may be mistaken for the onset of acute appendicitis, but it generally lasts only a few hours, sometimes accompanied by slight bleeding. Many women do not experience Mittelschmerz, and its causes ...1993, Irene M. Franck, David M. Brownstone, The Women's Desk Reference, Viking Adult, page 448
    • For example, if you experience Mittelschmerz during your mucus patch, it might be a sign you are very close to ovulation. There's another benefit to knowing about Mittelschmerz. If you experience this as a pain in conjunction with other signs of ...1996, John F. Kippley, Sheila Kippley, The Art of Natural Family Planning, Couple to Couple League, →ISBN

Origin of mittelschmerz

From German Mittelschmerz, from mittel (“middle”) + Schmerz (“pain”), because it occurs in the middle of the menstrual cycle.

Questions about mittelschmerz

What does mittelschmerz mean?
Mittelschmerz means lower abdominal and pelvic pain that occurs roughly midway through the menstrual cycle, during ovulation.
What part of speech is mittelschmerz?
Mittelschmerz is a noun.

Words near mittelschmerz in the dictionary

  1. Mitte
  2. mitted
  3. mittel
  4. Mittelman
  5. Mittelmans
  6. mittelschmerz
  7. Mittelschnauzer
  8. Mittelstadt
  9. Mittelstadts
  10. Mittelstaedt
  11. Mittelstaedts

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