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period pain (countable and uncountable, plural period pains)

  1. Pain felt in the abdomen during menstruation.
    Synonym: (medical) dysmenorrhea
    • 2011 August 8, Bim Adewunmi, “The truth about period pain”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Nine out of 10 women suffer from period pain – sometimes crippling – but many say their problem is dismissed.

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