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menstruation

/ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/

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What does menstruation mean?

noun

  1. The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
  2. An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.

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/ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/

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/ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪʃən/
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She maintains she has noticed that most of her lies are told in the two or three days preceding menstruation.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
As a result of age, for example, the ovaries undergo changes which invariably bring about the permanent cessation of menstruation, called the menopause.
J. Morris (Josiah Morris) SlemonsThe Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During PregnancyProject Gutenberg ebook #7129
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The Ephemerides contains an instance of the simulation of menstruation after death, and Testa speaks of menstruation lasting through a long sleep.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747
"It is therefore evident that the phenomena belong not to the function of menstruation, but to a general law of vital energy."
Anna M. (Anna Mary) GalbraithThe Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in HygieneProject Gutenberg ebook #4986
That women suffer untold agonies during menstruation, in childbirth and at the climacteric is looked upon as unavoidable and a matter of course.
Henry LindlahrNature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & CureProject Gutenberg ebook #4273