See Also: cruciation(dictionary)

amenorrhoea (iou) and cruciation (iou)


amenorrhoea (iou)



amenorrhoea noun. Also *amenorrhea. E19.
[from A-10 + MENO- + -RRHOEA.]
Medicine. Abnormal absence of menstruation.
amenorrhoeal adjective of, pertaining to, or affected with amenorrhoea E19.
amenorrhoeic adjective of, pertaining to, or affected with amenorrhoea L19.

cruciation (iou)



cruciation noun. Long rare. LME.
[Old French, or ecclesiastical Latin cruciatio(n-), formed as CRUCIATE verb: see -ATION.]
Torture; torment.