Which medical term means scanty menstrual flow?
A) dysmenorrhea
B) oligomenorrhea
C) amenorrhea
D) bradymenorrhea
B
Explanation: Olig/o means scanty, men/o means menstruation, and -rrhea means flow; therefore, oligomenorrhea means scanty menstrual flow. Dys- means painful, so dysmenorrhea means painful menstrual flow. A- means without, so amenorrhea means without menstrual flow. Brady- means slow, so bradymenorrhea would mean slow menstrual flow.
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