Menstruation

Word MENSTRUATION
Character 12
Hyphenation men stru a tion
Pronunciations /ˌmɛnstɹʊˈeɪʃn/

Definitions and meanings of "Menstruation"

What do we mean by menstruation?

The monthly flow of blood and cellular debris from the uterus that begins at puberty in women and the females of certain other primates. In women, menstruation ceases at menopause. noun

The act of menstruating or discharging the menses. noun

The period of menstruating. noun

The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating. noun

The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in females of humans and other primates. noun

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause noun

The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

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The word "menstruation" in example sentences

But now, I can keep my child home from school simply to avoid a 'holiday party' with snowmen, or on the day their teacher might say the word 'menstruation.' ❋ Nancy Cronk (2012)

I'm quite certain the rangers of the National Parks Service while giving their tours of the National Mall do not, at any time, say the word "menstruation." ❋ Jody Melto (2011)

It seems to facilitate the age-old premise that menstruation is unclean. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My colleague picked up from where we had left off that morning: You know, sometimes the women laugh at you because you always tell them not to use ‘hygiene water’ and because you say that menstruation is clean. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sex during menstruation is an invitation to jinn and can result in a woman bearing a jinn child. ❋ JDsg (2006)

I'll touch you, all the same, even if they hurt, because I too have to do what I want to doas soon as your menstruation is finished. ❋ Unknown (2005)

What is commonly known as menstruation lasts only a few days, and is merely the critical period in a monthly cycle or periodicity which goes with the female sex specialization. ❋ Melvin Moses Knight (1934)

If you believe them, then all three can be seen as a sort of empowerment for women — the first one allows Betty to return to her “real self,” the second one lets the woman be PMS-free but still have opinions, and the third one frees the woman from the “curse” of cramps, fatigue, and bloating…and from stigma that comes from calling menstruation things like “the curse.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

Just as when it happens later in life, early menopause leads to lower estrogen levels and irregular menstruation, which is usually the first sign of early natural menopause that a woman may notice. ❋ M.D. Vivian Pinn (2006)

They had even built something called a menstruation shed. ❋ John McNally (2006)

This is called menstruation and is often referred to as "having a period". ❋ Unknown (1995)

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. ❋ Anna Callender Brackett (N/A)

This continues from puberty to menopause, each gland alternatingly ripening its ovum, only to lose it in the periodical phenomenon of menstruation, which is seldom interrupted save by that still more wonderful phenomenon of conception. ❋ William S. Sadler (N/A)

At the pubertal age in girls begins the phenomenon known as menstruation, in which there is a large excretion of calcium salts. ❋ Melvin Moses Knight (1934)

The one comes on the two or three days just before menstruation: the other after; but after menstruation has ceased there is a nearly level interval, bringing the next wave-crest to the two or three days which come about eight or nine days after the close of menstruation, that is, just round the fourteen days, or half the moon month, since the last wave-crest. ❋ Unknown (1918)

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