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MENSTRUAL BLOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menstrual blood mean? 

MENSTRUAL BLOOD (noun)
  The noun MENSTRUAL BLOOD has 1 sense:

1. flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive yearsplay

  Familiarity information: MENSTRUAL BLOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MENSTRUAL BLOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

menorrhea; menstrual blood; menstrual flow

Hypernyms ("menstrual blood" is a kind of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

Holonyms ("menstrual blood" is a part of...):

adult female body; woman's body (the body of an adult woman)


 Context examples 


It also allows menstrual blood to leave a woman's body.

(Cervix Disorders, NIH)

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

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



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