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menses

menses

6.8
Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women who can have children
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛnsiːz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : menstruación
  • It's important for young women to understand what changes occur during their menses.

So it's not having your menses and it's not being able to have necessarily sperm inside your semen.

Examples

  • So just briefly, the blood loss that typically occurs with menses is not massive.

  • Okay, let's see your partner has menses, can you smell it?

  • Girls look adult and they have menses before they are fertile and they can engage in adult roles without becoming pregnant.

  • Those cherry angiomas are really common if you have too much estrogen and if you have tender breasts and heavy menses, that's too much estrogen.

  • Menses typically occur every month in women from puberty until menses.

  • During her menses, she often experiences cramps and mood swings.

Synonyms

period
vsmenses
144 3.5

Monthly bleeding from the womb in women between puberty and menopause

is the neutral clinical expression rather than casual everyday speech
flow
vsmenses
55 5.0

The monthly loss of blood from a woman's body during her period

is the broader general term rather than a short label
menstruation
vsmenses
11 4.1

Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women after puberty

is limited to human women rather than other female mammals
that time of the month
vsmenses
  • Informal
9 6.8

The time when a woman has her monthly period

is the neutral clinical term, not a euphemistic or casual phrase
menstrual blood
vsmenses
1 3.4

Blood and tissue that comes out of the vagina during a period

refers to the monthly event as a whole, not only the physical material
menstrual flow
vsmenses
  • Specialized
1 3.9

Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period

refers to the whole monthly event, not only the liquid aspect
catamenia
vsmenses
  • Specialized
9.9

The monthly bleeding a woman has from the start of puberty until menopause

is the common general term rather than technical medical usage
menorrhea
vsmenses
  • Specialized
7.2

Monthly flow of blood from a woman's uterus during the years when she can have children

is the general everyday name rather than that clinical label
menstruum
vsmenses
  • Archaic
9.9

A monthly flow of blood from a woman's womb

is the standard modern expression rather than an archaic label

Antonyms

amenorrhea
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Lack of menstrual periods in a woman who can become pregnant

Surface Forms

menses singular
menses plural

Etymology

Menses comes from the Latin word mensis, which means 'month' and is the same source as the English word month and the word menstruate. So, menses means the monthly bleeding many women have.