polymenorrhoeapolymenorrhean.

1928 Lancet 15 Dec. 1244/1 The rôle of ovarian disease, especially sclero-cystic disease of the ovary, in the causation of polymenorrhœa or epimenorrhœa, and of metrorrhagia, is emphasised.

1931 Endocrinology 15 180 The problem of polymenorrhea, too profuse and too frequent menses,..is a very vital one to the gynecologist.

1956 C. F. Fluhmann Managem. Menstrual Disorders xvii. 196 Polymenorrhea may supervene as the result of an endocrine disorder such as hypothyroidism.

1992 Brit. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynaecol. 99 422 The study confirmed the normally used definitions of polymenorrhoea (cycle length < 21 days) and oligomenorrhoea (cycle length between 36 and 90 days).

2000 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 900 65 Hypothyroidism usually is associated with abnormal menstrual cycles characterized mainly by polymenorrhea.

1963 Jrnl. Japanese Obstetr. & Gynecol. Soc. 10 40/2 Frequency of corpus luteum insufficiency..differed according to difference in the length of the cycle, being higher in polymenorrheal cycle of 15–24 days and in oligomenorrheal cycle of 39–43 days.

1968 N. Vorys & A. Neri in J. J. Gold Textbk. Gynecol. Endocrinol. xi. 261 Polymenorrheic cycles of less than 20 days.

1987 Ann. Clin. Res. 19 183 Low progesterone and oestradiol levels during the late part of the cycle were the main abnormalities of polymenorrhoeic adolescent girls.

2000 Obstetr. & Gynecol. 96 913 An effective treatment for metrorrhagic, menometrorrhagic, oligomenorrheic, and polymenorrheic dysfunctional uterine bleeding.