metralgia

9.9

A pain in the womb that women feel

noun
/mɛˈtræl.dʒə/

Specialized

: metralgia

The patient complained of persistent metralgia during her menstrual cycle.

Examples

Many women experience metralgia during their menstrual cycle.
She suffers from metralgia every month.
Effective treatment is available for those suffering from chronic metralgia.
Some women experience metralgia due to hormonal changes.
The patient complained of severe metralgia, prompting the doctor to suggest a thorough examination.
Some women find that their metralgia is alleviated by over-the-counter pain relief medication.
After discussing her symptoms, she learned that metralgia is quite common during menstruation.

How Painful

labor pains

4 3.6

metralgia

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

metralgia singular

metralgias plural

Morphology

metralgia = metr + algia

Formed from medical combining forms metr- (uterus) + -algia (pain), which are technical and not recognizable to an average B1 learner, so the meaning is not transparently derivable from familiar English words.

Etymology

Metralgia comes from Greek parts metra 'womb' and algia 'pain', so it literally means 'womb pain' and refers to pain in the uterus.