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Menstrual   Listen
adjective
Menstrual  adj.  
1.
Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.
2.
Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period.
3.
Of or pertaining to a menstruum.





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"Menstrual" Quotes from Famous Books



... which comes to those who receive the Sacraments worthily. When all other deterrents fail, it is lawful, according to the teaching of the Church, for married people to limit intercourse to the mid-menstrual period, when, although conception may occur, it is less likely to occur ...
— Birth Control • Halliday G. Sutherland
... irregular intervals one of these ovules ripens and leaves the ovary. It passes along the fallopian tube to the womb. Here it remains if it is impregnated or fertilized, and develops into the babe. If not impregnated, it passes off with the menstrual flow. Every twenty-eight days large quantities of blood are sent to the womb, producing a natural congestion. The pressure of this extra blood in the tiny capillaries of the womb stretches and weakens their walls. This allows the blood, which is being sent to ...
— Herself - Talks with Women Concerning Themselves • E. B. Lowry
... out some papers from his desk and studied them. Then, from the file drawer, he selected the record of Hugh and Alice Farrel. Alice would be at the perfect time of her menstrual cycle tomorrow.... ...
— Where There's Hope • Jerome Bixby
... digestion and secretion. Terror, or an absorbing interest of any kind, will produce a dilatation of the pupil, and communicate in this way a peculiarly wild and unusual expression to the eye. Disagreeable sights or odors, or even unpleasant occurrences, are capable of hastening or arresting the menstrual discharge, or of inducing ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce


Words linked to "Menstrual" :   catamenial, menstrual cycle, menstrual flow, menstruation, menstrual blood


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