amenorrhea

amenorrhea — 名詞

1. a medical condition in which a woman of childbearing age does not have her month

1.名詞C2
釋義

無月經;閉經

婦女月經異常停止或從未來潮的情形

a medical condition in which a woman of childbearing age does not have her monthly periods, either because they never started or because they later stopped

例句

Doctors diagnosed Tara with amenorrhea after her periods stopped for six months.

Tara 的月經停了六個月後,醫師診斷她患有無月經症。

diagnosed with amenorrhea — common verb collocation

Months of intense marathon training caused amenorrhea in several young runners.

連續數月的馬拉松高強度訓練,導致幾名年輕跑者出現無月經的狀況。

cause amenorrhea — cause-and-effect pattern

同義詞
反義詞
  • eumenorrhea

    clinical term for normal, regular monthly periods

用法筆記

Often classified as either primary (periods never begin) or secondary (established periods later stop), so a diagnosis usually names which type applies.

常見錯誤

She reached amenorrhea at fifty.
She reached menopause at fifty.
💡amenorrhea is any abnormal absence of periods, while menopause is the natural end of periods with age.