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| men·stru·a·tion
(měn'strōō-ā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n. The process or an instance of discharging the menses. |
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| menstruation | |
noun | |
| 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 |
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menstruation
(měn'str -ā'shən) Pronunciation Key
The monthly flow of blood from the uterus beginning at puberty in girls and other female primates. Also called menses. See also menstrual cycle.
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menstruation [(men-strooh-ay-shuhn)]
menstruation [(men-strooh-ay-shuhn)]
The periodic discharge of the blood-enriched lining of the uterus through the vagina. Menstruation marks the end of one menstrual cycle and the beginning of another.
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menstruation men·stru·a·tion (měn'str&oomacr;-ā'shən)
n.
The process or an instance of discharging the menses.
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Main Entry: men·stru·a·tion
Pronunciation: "men(t)-str&-'wA-sh&n, men-'strA-
Function: noun
: a discharging of blood,secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus that recurs in nonpregnant human and other primate females of breeding age at approximately monthly intervals and that is considered to represent areadjustment of the uterus to the nonpregnant state following proliferative changes accompanying the preceding ovulation; also :PERIOD 1b
Main Entry: men·stru·a·tion
Pronunciation: "men(t)-str&-'wA-sh&n, men-'strA-
Function: noun
: a discharging of blood,secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus that recurs in nonpregnant human and other primate females of breeding age at approximately monthly intervals and that is considered to represent areadjustment of the uterus to the nonpregnant state following proliferative changes accompanying the preceding ovulation; also :
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Menstruation
Men`stru*a"tion\, n. The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.
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