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menstruum in WordNet English dictionary
noun- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
"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
menstruation menses menstruum catamenia period flow
- (archaic) a solvent
menstruum
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