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MeSH Heading: Menorrhagia
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.500.852.691.449; C12.100.250.852.691.449; C23.550.414.993.350; C23.550.568.875
Unique ID: D008595
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008595
Annotation: do not confuse with METRORRHAGIA
Scope Note: Excessive uterine bleeding during MENSTRUATION.
Entry Term(s): Heavy Menstrual Bleeding; Heavy Periods; Hypermenorrhea
NLM Classification #: WP 555
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0013382
Scope Note: Excessive uterine bleeding during MENSTRUATION.
Terms: Menorrhagia Preferred Term
Term UI T025555
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1963); Heavy Periods
Term UI T000943550
Date05/30/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Term UI T000943551
Date05/30/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Hypermenorrhea
Term UI T025556
Date03/21/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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