menstruation
menst·rua·tion
noun
1.
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
Origin
From menstruum + -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio.
Phrases
- male menstruation
- menstrual cycle
- menstruation period
- sanitary towel
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