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MENSTRUUM
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Irregular inflected form: menstrua
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Example:
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
Synonyms:
catamenia; flow; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("menstruum" is a kind of...):
discharge; emission; expelling (any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "menstruum"):
hypermenorrhea; menorrhagia (abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged)
oligomenorrhea (abnormally light or infrequent menstruation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(archaic) a solvent
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("menstruum" is a kind of...):
dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
