menstrual flow
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈmɛnstrʊəl floʊ/
- Specialized
:
flujo menstrual
- "What demon did you squirt into me with your seed?" she'd ask me during one of her sporadic menstrual flows, which always made up in intensity what they lacked in frequency.
And at the end of the month, it all is disintegrates in menstrual flow.
- And at the end of the month, it all is disintegrates in menstrual flow.
Examples
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During her menstrual cycle, she noted changes in her menstrual flow, which was heavier than usual.
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They would, she thought, probably blame her deficiencies on her menstrual flow; the cruel male expression would be the inspiration for comics all over the country.
Fiction book (1990) -
A Keeper is one of those plastic suction devices ladies pop up their snatch to catch their menstrual flow, thereby giving the finger to the Tampon Industrial Complex.
Blog text (23) -
That conservatives are opposed to sex ed and easily available birth control, and that between 50 percent and 75 percent of embryos fail to implant in the uterus and are passed with the monthly menstrual flow.
Blog text (7) -
My Tante Lonke, thirteen years old, unkissed, unskilled at using rags to absorb her menstrual flow, felt her cheeks on fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
Some women use products designed to manage their menstrual flow more comfortably during their periods.
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Tracking menstrual flow can help women understand their reproductive health better.
Synonyms
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3.5
Monthly bleeding from the womb in women between puberty and menopause
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5.0
The monthly loss of blood from a woman's body during her period
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4.1
Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women after puberty
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3.4
Blood and tissue that comes out of the vagina during a period
A monthly flow of blood from a woman's womb
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
The monthly bleeding a woman has from the start of puberty until menopause
How Heavy
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'menstrual' (relating to menstruation) and 'flow' (a discharge), so the combined meaning — the discharge of blood during menstruation — is directly inferable from the parts. It is a literal, medical compound with no idiomatic shift and is cross-linguistically comparable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Menstrual flow is a simple picture: menstrual comes from a word for 'month' and flow means movement, so it shows the monthly movement of 'blood' from the womb. So, it simply means the regular monthly bleeding women have, also called a 'period'.