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menstruum

menst·ruum

UK/ˈmɛn.stɹʊəm/ uncommon

noun

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2.

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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From Latin mēnstruum (“menstrual discharge”).

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