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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Hemorrhage > Uterine Hemorrhage > Metrorrhagia
... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases, Female > Uterine Diseases > Uterine Hemorrhage > Metrorrhagia
... > Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases > Genital Diseases, Female > Uterine Diseases > Uterine Hemorrhage > Metrorrhagia

Preferred term

Metrorrhagia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bleeding Between Periods
  • Bleeding, Breakthrough
  • Breakthrough Bleeding
  • Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
  • Dysfunctional Uterine Bleedings
  • Intermenstrual Bleeding
  • Spotting
  • Uterine Bleeding, Dysfunctional

Note

  • do not confuse with MENORRHAGIA

Scope note

  • Abnormal uterine bleeding that is not related to MENSTRUATION, usually in females without regular MENSTRUAL CYCLE. The irregular and unpredictable bleeding usually comes from a dysfunctional ENDOMETRIUM.

History note

  • 1963; for BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING & SPOTTING use UTERINE HEMORRHAGE 1980-2005

In other languages

  • metrorragia

    Finnish

  • epäsäännöllinen kuukautisvuoto
  • epäsäännölliset kuukautiset
  • metrorrhagia
  • Mellanblödning

    Swedish

  • Metrorragi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008796

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