metrorrhagia

[mee-truh-rey-jee-uh, -juh, me-]

me·tror·rha·gi·a

[mee-truh-rey-jee-uh, -juh, me-]
noun Pathology.
nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.

Origin:
1770–80; < Neo-Latin; see metro-2, -rrhagia

me·tror·rhag·ic [mee-truh-raj-ik, me-] , adjective
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Metrorrhagia has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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metrorrhagia (ˌmiːtrɔːˈreɪdʒɪə, ˌmɛt-)
 
n
abnormal bleeding from the uterus
 
[C19 NL, from Gk, mētra womb + -rraghia a breaking forth]

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metrorrhagia me·tror·rha·gi·a (mē'trə-rā'jē-ə, -jə)
n.
Bleeding from the uterus that is not associated with menstruation.

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