1982, Miriam Stoppard, Everywoman's Life Guide, Macdonald (1982), ISBN 9780356085883, page 234:Doctors are now able to prescribe drugs known as prostaglandin inhibitors, or anti-prostaglandins, which work by inhibiting excess production of prostaglandin, thereby making dysmenorrhoeic women normal.
1989, The Practice of Behavioural Medicine (eds. Shirley Pearce & Jane Wardle), BPS Books (1989), ISBN 9780192616890, page 193:It is currently believed that dysmenorrhoeic women have an excessive release of prostaglandins or an excessive sensitivity to their presence.
2006, Caroline Anderson, Maternal Instinct, Mills & Boon (2006), ISBN 9780263847345, page 164:Obviously her body had decided that it was time for a full-on dysmenorrhoeic horror show, and it had chosen to today to start.
