Usually means: Unexpected bleeding between menstrual periods.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. breakthrough bleeding: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. breakthrough bleeding: Collins English Dictionary
  3. breakthrough bleeding: Wiktionary
  4. breakthrough bleeding: Dictionary.com
  5. Breakthrough bleeding: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. breakthrough bleeding: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  4. breakthrough bleeding: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (breakthrough bleeding)

▸ noun:  (medicine) Intermenstrual, and typically irregular, vaginal bleeding commonly associated with the use of hormonal contraceptives.

Similar:
pseudomenstruation, menorrhoea, menorrhea, menorrhagia, hemorrhea, flow, metrorrhagia, epimenorrhea, hemorrhaging, oligohypomenorrhea, more...

Opposite:
normal bleeding, withdrawal bleeding, expected bleeding

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Similar:
pseudomenstruation, menorrhoea, menorrhea, menorrhagia, hemorrhea, flow, metrorrhagia, epimenorrhea, hemorrhaging, oligohypomenorrhea, more...

Opposite:
normal bleeding, withdrawal bleeding, expected bleeding



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