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Menstruation

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flownounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
periodnoun(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
catamenianoun(physiology, rare) The female menstrual discharge.
mensesnounThe discharge of blood and cellular tissue that flows from the inner lining of the uterus out through the vagina, occurring typically once a month in uninseminated women; a menstrual flow.

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mensesnounThe discharge of blood and cellular tissue that flows from the inner lining of the uterus out through the vagina, occurring typically once a month in uninseminated women; a menstrual flow.
catamenianoun(physiology, rare) The female menstrual discharge.
flownounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
periodnoun(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
anovularSynonym of anovulatory.
rulesnoun(informal) Australian rules football.
menstrual cyclenounThe recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human.
cyclenounA process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
menstrual periodnounAn event of a woman's discharging of menstrual flow of blood and cells.
cursenounA prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
time of the monthnoun(euphemistic) Synonym of menstruation: the monthly period during which a fertile woman menstruates.
ragnoun(especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
menstrual bleeding
menstruumnounAny liquid medium
moon time
red tidenounAn algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.
aunt flonoun(euphemistic slang) A personification of the menstrual period or menstruation.
shark weeknoun(informal, humorous, chiefly Canada, US) The week during which someone menstruates.
menstrationnounMisspelling of menstruation. [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.]
mensnoun(nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of men (“plural of man”). [(collective, dated, fantasy) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).]

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