different between dysmenorrheic vs dysmenorrhea

English

Alternative forms

• dysmenorrhoeic
• dysmenorrhœic (obsolete)

Etymology

dysmenorrhea +? -ic

Adjective

dysmenorrheic (comparative more dysmenorrheic, superlative most dysmenorrheic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
   • 2000, Rebecca G. Stephenson & Linda J. O'Connor, Obstetric and Gynecologic Care in Physical Therapy, SLACK Incorporated (2000), ?ISBN, page 53:

     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.

   • 2002, Ethel Sloan, Biology of Women, Delmar Thomson Learning (2002), ?ISBN, page 99:

     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.

   • 2012, Helen S. Driver, "Sleep and Gender: The Paradox of Sex and Sleep?", in The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders (eds. Charles M. Morin & Colin Espie), Oxford University Press (2012), ?ISBN, page 276:

     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.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• dysmenorrhoea (British)
• dysmenorrhœa (chiefly British)

Etymology

From dys- +? menorrhœa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s.m?.n???i.?/

Noun

dysmenorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural dysmenorrheas)

1. (pathology) Painful menstruation.

Synonyms

• menorrhalgia

Derived terms

• dysmenorrheic
• dysmenorrhic

Translations

References

• The Language of Medicine