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menstrual

adj
/ˈmɛn.stɹu.əl/US

Etymology

From Middle English menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from mēnsis (“month”) + -ālis (“-al”); see moon.

  1. derived from mēnstruālis
  2. inherited from menstruall

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the menses.

    • Recent studies in physiology have noted that women who live in close proximity to one another - nurses in a hospital or coeds in a college dormitory - tend to have their menstrual periods at the same time.

  2. Occurring once a month

    Occurring once a month; monthly.

  3. Lasting for a month.

    • a menstrual flower
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A menstrual period.

      • “All that drama for what” I thought. All she had to do was tell me that I was having my menstrual. So much for band aids.

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Derived

intermenstrual, menstrual cramp, menstrual cup, menstrual cycle, menstrual fluid, menstruality, menstrually, menstrual pad, menstrual period, menstrual sponge, menstrual synchrony, menstrual underwear, nonmenstrual, paramenstrual, perimenstrual, postmenstrual, premenstrual, semimenstrual

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at menstrual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01menstrual02monthly03month04year05december06november07calendar08months

A definitional loop anchored at menstrual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at menstrual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA