Menstruation - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Menstruation :  (noun)

1: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "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 [syn: menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Menstruation : \Men`stru*a"tion\, n. The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Menstruation :  Menstruation: The periodic blood that flows as a discharge from the uterus. Also called menorrhea, the time during which menstruation occurs is referred to as menses. The menses occurs at approximately 4 week intervals to compose the menstrual cycle.



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Menstruation

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