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menstruation
/ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/
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What does menstruation mean?
noun
- 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.
- An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪʃən/
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She maintains she has noticed that most of her lies are told in the two or three days preceding menstruation.
As a result of age, for example, the ovaries undergo changes which invariably bring about the permanent cessation of menstruation, called the menopause.
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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.
"It is therefore evident that the phenomena belong not to the function of menstruation, but to a general law of vital energy."
That women suffer untold agonies during menstruation, in childbirth and at the climacteric is looked upon as unavoidable and a matter of course.