menstruation
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- noun
- /ˌmɛnstruˈeɪʃən/
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menstruación
- Monthly period, menstruation; also connotes the resilience of Samoan women in sustaining Samoan culture.
- shame about menstruation
- attitudes toward menstruation
- onset of menstruation
One of the striking features of human female reproduction is menstruation.
- One of the striking features of human female reproduction is menstruation.
- But of course, stress can also induce cessation of menstruation.
- So what is the the range of normal durations between menstruation cycles or duration of the menstruation cycle?
- A woman, you know, reaches her age where menstruation is finished, they give her the supplement drugs.
- Mandy Shanahan was with my wife one day where I was at work and she like keeled over and threw up from like menstruation pain.
Examples
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What are the implications of feeling shame about menstruation and the body?
Academic text (2005) -
After my sister turned in her essay with its musings on menstruation, she was reprimanded and punished again.
Fiction book (1990) -
Violent dreams are a direct result of menstruation in young women.
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There is nothing in common among women except menstruation.
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Amy, a lot of things can bring on early menstruation.
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Entire books have been dedicated to menstruation and its biological, psychological, cultural, medical and commercial considerations.
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In most women, menstruation is associated with some degree of pelvic discomfort.
Academic text (2012) -
Reducing the shame and stigma surrounding menstruation may be an important step toward increasing women's sexual agency.
Academic text (2005) -
As expected, women's attitudes toward menstruation were significantly related to sexual assertiveness, sexual experience, and sexual risk.
Academic text (2005) -
Many girls experience discomfort and cramping during menstruation each month.
Synonyms
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Monthly bleeding from the womb in women between puberty and menopause
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The monthly loss of blood from a woman's body during her period
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The time when a woman has her monthly period
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Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period
The monthly bleeding a woman has from the start of puberty until menopause
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
Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women who can have children
The body sheds the lining of the womb and bleeding happens
Compounds
How Heavy
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
menstruation = menstruate (transparent) = menstru + ation
A straightforward nominalization: the word names the process/state of 'menstruation' derived from the verb/adjective base, so the meaning is directly predictable from the base.
Etymology
Menstruation comes from the Latin root mensis meaning 'month', which is the same idea behind the English word 'monthly'. So, the word literally names the monthly bleeding or 'period' that many women have.