English > menstruation: 1 sense > noun 1, processMeaning | 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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