different between dysmenorrhoeic vs dysmenorrheic

English

Adjective

dysmenorrhoeic (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of dysmenorrheic
   • 1982, Miriam Stoppard, Everywoman's Life Guide, Macdonald (1982), ?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, The Practice of Behavioural Medicine (eds. Shirley Pearce & Jane Wardle), BPS Books (1989), ?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 (2006), ?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.

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.

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