metrostaxisn.
/ˌmiːtrə(ʊ)ˈstaksɪs/, /ˌmɛtrə(ʊ)ˈstaksɪs/, U.S. /ˌmitrəˈstæksəs/, /ˌmɛtrəˈstæksəs/ Medicine. rare. Perhaps Obsolete.
Abnormal bleeding from the uterus.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > bleeding or flow of blood > from uterus
flood1666
flooding1710
metrorrhagia1857
metrostaxis1886
spotting1891
1886 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 3) xv. 127 Metrostaxis or bloody flow from the womb.
1902 J. Bland-Sutton & A. E. Giles Dis. Women (ed. 3) lxii. 478 Metrostaxis occurs in about one-half of the cases [of ovariotomy and oöphorectomy], and has nothing whatever to do with menstruation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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