primary dysmenorrhea

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   painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease

   Broaderdysmenorrhea

Questions about primary dysmenorrhea

What does primary dysmenorrhea mean?

primary dysmenorrhea means "painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease".

Is primary dysmenorrhea a common word?

primary dysmenorrhea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.