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/ˈmenstrəˌwāt/,/ˈmenˌstrāt/,
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menstruates, 3rd person singular present; menstruating, present participle; menstruated, past tense; menstruated, past participle;
  1. (of a woman) Discharge blood and other material from the lining of the uterus as part of the menstrual cycle

  1. undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
  2. (menstruation) 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 ...
  3. The menstrual cycle is a series of physiological changes that can occur in fertile females. Overt menstruation (where there is blood flow from the uterus through the vagina) occurs primarily in humans and close evolutionary relatives such as chimpanzees. ...
  4. Menstruation is the shedding of the uterine lining (endometrium). It occurs on a regular basis in reproductive-age females of certain mammal species. ...
  5. (menstruation) The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in females of humans and other primates
  6. (menstruating) The blood flow from the uterus that happens about every 4 weeks in a woman.
  7. (Menstruation) A discharging of blood, secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus that recurs in nonpregnant females at approximately monthly intervals and that is considered to represent a readjustment of the uterus to the nonpregnant state following proliferative changes accompanying the ...
  8. (Menstruation) The monthly bleed which takes place if no pregnancy occurs.
  9. (menstruation) A woman’s monthly bleeding. It is also called menses, menstrual period, or period.
  10. (menstruation) The process in which the uterine endometrium breaks down and sheds cells, resulting in bleeding; occurs approximately once a month. The first day marks the beginning of the menstrual and ovarian cycles. PICTURE
  11. (Menstruation) Cyclical bleeding from the uterus
  12. (menstruation) (men-stroo-AY-shuhn) — Also called your period. The bleeding you have at the end of your menstrual cycle. If you get your period each month, you’re not pregnant.
  13. (3. Menstruation) The ovaries of a girl between the ages 10-15 years start producing a mature egg or ovum each month. The egg travels down a tube (Fallopian tube), which connects the ovary to the womb. When the egg reaches the womb, the lining becomes thick with blood and fluid. ...
  14. (MENSTRUATION) The sound produced when rubbing two swans together.
  15. (Menstruation) Women vary regarding the return of menstruation after childbirth. If you are not breastfeeding, your period may return as early as four to six weeks after you deliver your baby. If you are a breastfeeding mom, you may not have a period again until after you stop nursing. ...
  16. (menstruation (menses)) a stage of the female reproductive cycle. An ovum (egg) matures and is released every month. Hormones are released to prepare the uterus for possible implantation. If pregnancy does not occur, the uterine lining (blood and tissue) is shed and expelled (the menstrual period).
  17. (menstruation) (n) The monthly bleeding of human women is so attractive to water spirits that many native women in the Amazon rain forest will not travel by boat or even cross the water during this time. There are beliefs that such spirits will kidnap menstruating women to impregnate them. ...
  18. (menstruation) a cyclical process of the endometrium shedding its lining, along with discharge from the cervix and vagina, from the vaginal opening. ...
  19. (menstruation) a period of about 3-7 days when a woman sheds the endometrial lining from the uterus. The body no longer needs this lining if fertilization doesn't take place.