Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of dysmenorrheic.
Obviously her body had decided that it was time for a full-on dysmenorrhoeic horror show, and it had chosen to today to start.
2006, Caroline Anderson, Maternal Instinct, Mills & Boon, →ISBN, page 1642 more examples
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.
1982, Miriam Stoppard, Everywoman's Life Guide, Macdonald, →ISBN, page 234It is currently believed that dysmenorrhoeic women have an excessive release of prostaglandins or an excessive sensitivity to their presence.
1989, Shirley Pearce, Jane Wardle, editors, The Practice of Behavioural Medicine, BPS Books, →ISBN, page 193
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