metropathia

metropathia

English

Noun

metropathia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) disease of the uterus
   • 1931, Medical Journal of Australia (volume 1, page 69)

     It is a very significant fact that similar changes occur in endometrium which is the seat of certain types of metropathia.

   • 2014, Jeffrey S. Tobias, ‎Daniel Hochhauser, Cancer and its Management (page 332)

     Late menopause is a risk factor because of excess and prolonged oestrogen exposure and also the frequency of late anovulatory (oestrogenic) cycles and the presence of metropathia.

Synonyms

• metropathy

Derived terms

• metropathia haemorrhagica, metropathia hemorrhagica

Anagrams

• thioaptamer