menstruation (n)
menses (n)
menstruum (n)
catamenia (n)
period (n)
flow#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 22
def the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
examples the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped -Hippocrates
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 -Aristotle
Outgoing links
Hypernym discharge, emission, expelling
Derivationally related form flow → flow
Derivationally related form catamenia → catamenial
Derivationally related form menstruation → menstruate
Hyponym menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea; oligomenorrhea
Incoming links
Pertainym (pertains to noun) premenstrual → menstruation; menstrual → menstruation
Derivationally related form catamenial → catamenia
Hyponym discharge, emission, expelling
Hypernym menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea; oligomenorrhea
Derivationally related form flow → flow
Derivationally related form menstruate → menstruation

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