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Menstruum

noun
(pl. E. menstruums, L. menstrua)
1.
(archaic) a solvent.
2.
The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.  Synonyms: catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, period.  "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"





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"Menstruum" Quotes from Famous Books



... tempore menstruum, quia hoc vitium in Phoenicia generate solebat (Thes. Erot. Ling. ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton
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... of soda. It is then removed from the sand bath and allowed to settle. When the supernatant liquid has become perfectly transparent, it is carefully decanted. This operation is repeated until all the organic matter soluble in this menstruum is removed; which is accomplished as soon as the carbonate of soda solution comes off colorless. The residue, which is to be washed with boiling water until the washings no longer affect test papers, is thrown upon a tared filter, and dried at 212 degrees. ...
— Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel • Samuel William Johnson
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... to all the best writers on each subject. My friend, T. Poole, begs me to ask what, in your opinion, are the parts or properties in the oak which tan skins? and is cold water a complete menstruum for these parts or properties? I understand from Poole that nothing is so little understood as the chemical theory of tan, though nothing is of more importance in the circle of manufactures; in other words, ...
— Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. • Coleridge, ed. Turnbull
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Words linked to "Menstruum" :   emission, archaism, oligomenorrhea, expelling, resolvent, archaicism, dissolving agent, dissolver, solvent, flow, hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia, discharge, dissolvent, period


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