menstruation

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  1. noun The process or an instance of discharging the menses.

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  • But even at menstruation, they're better than the average man. —  Helen Fisher tells us why we love + cheat
  • In addition, consistent with the hermeneutic behind their categorical argument, v. 19 (intercourse during menstruation, which is more akin to ceremonial law) would disallow the intrinsic sinfulness of the next verse (adultery). —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Her term ended because she was approaching menstruation, after which she would be ritually unclean. —  iac world news feed
  • Another is a corpus luteum cyst (which may rupture about the time of menstruation, and take up to three months to disappear entirely). —  Find Me A Cure
  • Pain in menstruation, which is much more frequent, is dependent upon other conditions than the activity of the ovaries, and lasts a very much shorter time than does either the function of ovulation, or even than the uterine congestion secondary to it. —  The Education of American Girls
 

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  1. = French menstruation = Spanish menstruacion = Portuguese menstruação = Italian mestruazione, menstruarione, from New Latin menstruatio(n-), from Latin menstruare, menstruate: see menstruate.
 

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/mɛnstruˈeɪʃən/
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