menstruation

Pronunciation:		`menstrû'eyshun
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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

	Synonyms:	catamenia, flow, menses, period

	See Also:	discharge, emission, expelling, hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia, oligomenorrhea

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Men`stru*a"tion\, n. The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

Medical Dictionary

	Definition:	Periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus. Until menopause, menstruation occurs approximately every 28 days when a woman is not pregnant.

Dream Dictionary

	Definition:	Dreaming of menstruation indicates that you are releasing your pent-up tension and worry. It signals an end to your difficult times and the beginning of relaxation. Alternatively, you may be denying your feminine side.

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