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Definition of "amenorrheic" []

  • Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic. (adjective)
  • Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic. (noun)

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Use "amenorrheic" in a sentence
  • "But when we combined stress, exercise, and cut down on food, 75 percent became amenorrheic."
  • "But it also threatens your very future, particularly if you enter what is called the female athlete triad: This triad is characterized by disordered eating, menstrual dysfunction and osteoporosis – and ironically turns an activity which should benefit women into one which shortens their lifespan "I have seen girls who had been in their 20s who had been amenorrheic for several years who had the bones of a 70- or 80-year-old woman," says Seattle-based research physiologist Barbara Drinkwater."
  • "You want to talk about unfair, about biological clocks being silenced with amenorrheic anorexia, because there’s always somebody lovlier, skinnier, literally hungrier than you?"