dysmenorrheic
/ˌdɪsmɛnəˈɹiːɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
Example Sentences
- "It is more recently the opinion of specialists that psychogenic symptoms may be associated with some dysmenorrheic patients, but that these symptoms are not necessarily the cause of physical complaints."
- "In severely dysmenorrheic women, there is exaggerated uterine contractility and a significantly higher prostaglandin content in the menstrual blood with a twofold to tenfold increase when compared with women who do not have menstrual pain."
- "Baker and colleagues (1999) reported that dysmenorrheic women had reduced sleep efficiency when experiencing menstrual pain, with increased wakefulness, movement, and stage 1 sleep compared to pain-free phases of their cycle."
Etymology
From dysmenorrhea + -ic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more dysmenorrheic (comparative)
most dysmenorrheic (superlative)
dysmenorrhoeic (alternative)
dysmenorrhœic (alternative)