English > menstruation: 1 sense > noun 1, process| Meaning | The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause. |
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| Example | "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation" |
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| Synonyms | menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow |
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| Narrower | menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea | abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation |
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| oligomenorrhea | abnormally light or infrequent menstruation |
| Broader | discharge, emission, expelling | Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body |
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| Spanish | catamenia, menstruación, menstruo, mes, periodo, período, regla |
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| Catalan | catamenia, menstruació, menstru, menstruo, regla |
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| Adjectives | menstrual | of or relating to menstruation or the menses |
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| premenstrual | of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation |
| Verbs | menstruate | undergo menstruation |
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