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Related terms:
amenorrhea
dysmenorrhea
menorrhagia
menstruation disturbance
premenstrual syndrome
Pathologic Function
oligomenorrhea
[ ol-i-goh-men-uh-ree-uh ]
Subclass of:
Menstruation Disturbances
Definitions related to oligomenorrhea:
  • Abnormally infrequent menstruation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Infrequent menses (less than 6 per year or more than 35 days between cycles).
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Infrequent menstrual periods.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Oligomenorrhea, prolonged intervals between menstrual cycles. Menstruation is the normal cyclic bleeding from the female reproductive tract. Most women of reproductive age menstruate every 25 to 30 days if they are not pregnant, nursing a child, or experiencing other disorders such as tumours...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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