MENSTRUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menstrual mean? 

• MENSTRUAL (adjective)
  The adjective MENSTRUAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to menstruation or the menses

  Familiarity information: MENSTRUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENSTRUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to menstruation or the menses

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

catamenial; menstrual

Context example:

menstrual period

Pertainym:

menstruation (the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause)

 Context examples 

The time of life when a woman’s ovaries stop producing hormones and menstrual periods stop.

(Menopause, NCI Dictionary)

The structure, thickness, and state of the endometrium undergo marked change with the menstrual cycle.

(Endometrium, NCI Thesaurus)

The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from inside the uterus.

(Menstruation, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

It is transiently expressed before and during menstrual bleeding and may also play a role in endometrial bleeding.

(Endometrial Bleeding Associated Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

The estimated age of a fetus, this can be determined by the first day of the last menstrual cycle of the mother or by fetal measurements obtained by ultrasound.

(Gestational Age Assessment Result, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers found that women who had moderate-to-severe iodine deficiency had a 46-percent-lower chance of becoming pregnant during each menstrual cycle, compared to women who had sufficient iodine concentrations.

(Iodine deficiency may reduce pregnancy chances, National Institutes of Health)

In women during reproductive years, it may present with menstrual abnormalities.

(Juvenile Type Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with menstrual cycle-dependent periodic fevers.

(HTR1A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The first day of the female's last menstrual cycle.

(Last Menstrual Period, NCI Thesaurus)

Serum concentrations transit during the menstrual cycle.

(Inhibin A, NCI Thesaurus)