menstruum

Noun
  1. (archaic) a solvent (synset 114974439)
    domain usage: archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
    is a type of: dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent - a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
  2. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause (synset 113534950)
    "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"; "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"
    is a type of: discharge, emission, expelling - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, period

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