MENSTRUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menstruation mean? 

• MENSTRUATION (noun)
  The noun MENSTRUATION has 1 sense:

1. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

  Familiarity information: MENSTRUATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENSTRUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

catamenia; flow; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period

Context 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

Hypernyms ("menstruation" 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 "menstruation"):

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)

Derivation:

menstruate (undergo menstruation)

 Context examples 

From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days, but does not occur during pregnancy.

(Menstrual period, NCI Dictionary)

In females, additional signs include shrinking of the breasts and loss of, or failure to develop menstruation.

(Hypogonadism, NCI Thesaurus)

The age at which the first menstruation event occurred.

(Age at Menarche, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Other signs and symptoms include headaches, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and painful menstruation.

(Fibromyalgia, NCI Thesaurus)

From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days when a woman is not pregnant.

(Menstruation, NCI Dictionary)

Variations of menstruation which may be indicative of disease.

(Menstrual Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The highly vascularized outer layer of the endometrium facing the uterine cavity which develops over the course of the proliferative and secretory phases then degenerates and sloughs off during menstruation.

(Functional Layer of the Endometrium, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormally painful abdominal cramps during menstruation.

(Dysmenorrhea, NCI Thesaurus)

Without progesterone, the corpus luteum regresses, and menstruation is initiated.

(Anti-human Chorionic Gonadotropin Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful menstruation.

(Dysmenorrhea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)