English

Alternative forms

• dysmenorrhoeic
• dysmenorrhœic (obsolete)

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 1556424159, 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 0766811425, 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 9780195376203, 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.