menstruation Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
flow; period; menstruum; menses; catamenia.
- the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
- a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates
- the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle
WordNet
Men`stru*a"tion noun
Definitions
The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.