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.