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menstruation - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'menstruation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Menstruation [ n.]
- The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

Meaning of 'menstruation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . menstruation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Example in sentence:
  • a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped;
  • 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;
  • the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation