mittelschmerzn.
/ˈmɪtlˌʃmɛːts/, /ˈmɪtlˌʃməːts/, U.S. /ˈmɪdlˌʃmɛ(ə)rts/ Medicine.
Lower abdominal pain occurring in the middle of the menstrual cycle in some women, thought to be related to the occurrence of ovulation.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in womb or ovary
hysteralgia1657
ovarialgia1848
menostasis1857
mittelschmerz1895
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 162/2 Mittelschmerz, intermenstrual pain.
1893 S. Pozzi Treat. Gynaecol. II. iv. 287 The so-called inter-menstrual dysmenorrhœa (‘Mittelschmerz’ of German writers) is only called dysmenorrhœa by a misapplication of the term.]
1895 Lancet 28 Dec. 1625/1 Dr. J. Halliday Croom read a paper on So-called Mittelschmerz, sometimes called a form of dysmenorrhœa.
1942 C. Mazer & S. L. Israel Diagnosis & Treatm. Menstrual Disorders ix. 135 The pain undoubtedly emanates from the ovaries, since neither hysterectomy nor resection of the presacral nerve..eliminates mittelschmerz, but bilateral oophorectomy does.
1971 Vogue Nov. 60/2 Have intercourse as near the moment of..ovulation as possible. This can be detected..by the pain that some women experience (Mittelschmerz).
1993 Mother & Baby Feb. 80/4 The pains are called ‘mittelschmertz’ (middle pains) and are quite common.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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