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English
Etymology
From dysmenorrhea + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dysmenorrheic (comparative more dysmenorrheic, superlative most dysmenorrheic)
- Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
2000, Rebecca G. Stephenson, Linda J. O'Connor, Obstetric and Gynecologic Care in Physical Therapy, SLACK Incorporated, published 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, published 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 Charles M. Morin, Colin Espie, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders, Oxford University Press, →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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