anovular menstruation

menstruation /men·stru·a·tion/ (men″stroo-a´shun) the cyclic, physiologic discharge through the vagina of blood and muscosal tissues from the nonpregnant uterus; it is under hormonal control and normally recurs usually at approximately four-week intervals, except during pregnancy and lactation, throughout the reproductive period (puberty through menopause).

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anovular menstruation , anovulatory menstruation periodic uterine bleeding without preceding ovulation.

infrequent menstruation  oligomenorrhea.

profuse menstruation  hypermenorrhea.

retrograde menstruation  backflow of menstrual fluid, epithelial cells ,and debris through the uterine tubes and into the peritoneal cavity.

scanty menstruation  hypomenorrhea.

vicarious menstruation  discharge of blood from an extragenital source at the time menstruation is normally expected.

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anovular menstruation

n.

Menstrual bleeding without the discharge of an ovum.

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anovular menstruation

Etymology: Gk, a + ovulum, not egg

menstruation not associated with the production or release of an ovum. The ovum either remains within the ovarian follicle and undergoes degeneration or in rare cases becomes impregnated, resulting in an ovarian pregnancy.