Which medical term means scanty menstrual flow?

A) dysmenorrhea
B) oligomenorrhea
C) amenorrhea
D) bradymenorrhea


B) oligomenorrhea
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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