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mittelschmerz
[ mit-l-shmairts ]
noun
- dull abdominal pain occurring at the time of ovulation, attributed to the presence of free blood in the peritoneal cavity from the ruptured ovarian follicle.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mittelschmerz1
1890–95; < German, equivalent to mittel- mid-, middle + Schmerz pain
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Example Sentences
In one scene Oreo grows so hungry she thinks to herself about deprivation: “It was what General Mills must go through when Betty Crocker was in mittelschmerz,” pain from ovulation.
From New York Times
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