Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to menstruation.
- adjective Taking place on a monthly basis.
- adjective Lasting for one month.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a menstruum.
- Recurring once a month; monthly; gonethrough or completedin a month; specifically, in astronomy, making a complete cycle of changes in a month; pertaining to changes of position recurring monthly: as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place
- Pertaining to the menses of females; menstruous; catamenial: as, the menstrual flux or flow.
- In botany, same as
menstruous , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; ; pertaining to monthly changes.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the menses
- adjective Of or pertaining to a menstruum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the
menses . - adjective Occurring once a
month . - adjective Lasting for a month.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to menstruation or the menses
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A female interrogator smeared what she described as menstrual blood -- it was fake -- on a prisoner.
ABUSE, WHAT ABUSE? 2005
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Every day in my office, I see at least one girl who fits the definition of menstrual disturbance, said Dr. Smith, who defined that condition as six or fewer periods a year.
Young Runners Marc Bloom 2009
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On one hand, if I become deeply disabled, I trust that my family will do right by me (lucky for me, I do have a family that I can trust here) and will make difficult decisions with my best care in mind (and damnit, they better stop my periods by hook or crook - they cause the most miserable moment of my existence, I have already medically stopped them by conscious choice, and I will come back and haunt from the grave anyone who decides that in order to be a real live comatose woman, I need no brain function but I do need to go back to suffering the week-long monthly evisceration I call my menstrual cycle).
The Ashley Treatment: A Feminist and Disability Rights Issue? 2007
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“When women hear the word menstrual, they tend to think cramps and discomfort,” says our resident (female) PhD of the hour, quoted in the magazine.
ProWomanProLife » When pregnancy comes as a big surprise 2009
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“When women hear the word menstrual, they tend to think cramps and discomfort,” says our resident (female) PhD of the hour, quoted in the magazine.
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Researchers have also found that most women are acutely aware of even the slightest change in their cycle, and can often accurately recall menstrual events from years before, especially if they occurred during a major life event.
Menstrual Mysteries 2007
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's called a menstrual cycle.
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This flow of blood continues for about five days, and is known as a menstrual flow; and this time in a woman's life is known as the menstrual period.
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If in a certain time, which represents its vitality, the ovule is not impregnated, it dies, and thus causes congestion and disintegration of the menstrual decidua; that is, the menstrual flow.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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In the first appropriate fold of the uterine mucous membrans (generally near the mouth of the tube), the ovule is imbedded, and causes by its presence a swelling of the mucous membrane; that is, the menstrual decidua.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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