menstrual phase
- noun
- /ˈmɛnstruəl feɪz/
- Specialized
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fase menstrual
- It is important to track your symptoms throughout the menstrual phase for better health management.
Examples
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The menstrual phase typically lasts from three to seven days and includes the shedding of the uterine lining.
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Unfortunately, the menstrual phase was not specified for all patients, so there are insufficient data to draw conclusions about hormonal effects.
Academic text (1996) -
If fertilization does not take place, then the menstrual phase occurs, where the ovum, along with other products of proliferation such as endometrial cells, blood, and mucus, are shed vaginally, typically over a period of 5-7 days.
Academic text (2015) -
During the menstrual phase, many women experience physical discomfort and hormonal changes.
Synonyms
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3.5
Monthly bleeding from the womb in women between puberty and menopause
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4.1
Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women after puberty
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6.8
The time when a woman has her monthly period
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3.9
Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period
Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women who can have children
Monthly flow of blood from a woman's uterus during the years when she can have children
A monthly flow of blood from a woman's womb
How Heavy
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'menstrual' (relating to menstruation) combined with 'phase' (a distinct stage in a cycle). This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically for naming stages of biological cycles, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Menstrual phase comes from old words for 'month'; menstrual shows the monthly timing and phase means a stage. It is the time when the womb's lining is shed and there is 'bleeding', so the term now means the stage of the cycle with monthly bleeding.