MENSTRUUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: menstrua

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)

Meaning:

(archaic) a solvent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)