Definition of Menstrual

1. Adjective. Of or relating to menstruation or the menses. "Menstrual period"

Exact synonyms: Catamenial
Derivative terms: Catamenia
Partainyms: Menstruation

Definition of Menstrual

1. a. Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.

Definition of Menstrual

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the menses. ¹

2. Adjective. Occurring once a month. ¹

3. Adjective. Lasting for a month. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Menstrual

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Menstrual

1. Relating to the menses. Synonym: catamenial, emmenic. Origin: L. Menstrualis (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menstrual

menseful
menseless
menservants
mensh
menshed
menshen
menshes
menshing
mensing
mensiversary
mensk
menstealer
menstealers

Literary usage of Menstrual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"menstrual periods began at 14; have always been regular, profuse, lasting 6 or 7 ... About two years before admission the patient noticed that the menstrual ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The influence of the menstrual habit is conceded. The approach of the period of former menstruation disposes to uterine congestion and hemorrhage. ..."

3. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The Effect of the menstrual Cycle on Other Functions— It is natural to suppose that such marked changes as occur in the ovary and uterus during the ..."

4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1916)
"As material for the compilation of these statistics, the writer used somewhat over 4500 records of his office patients; utilizing the menstrual features ..."

5. A Treatise on Human Physiology by John Call Dalton (1882)
"Lastly, there are exceptional cases in which fertility exists without a menstrual flow, and menstruation without ovulation. If we regard the rupture of an ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1877)
"From that date until February, 1875, she never passed a menstrual period without ... As this was the last day of the menstrual flow, and the symptoms had ..."

7. The Principles and Practice of Gynaecology by Thomas Addis Emmet (1880)
"This discharge of blood is called the menstrual flow, and it returns at regular ... During the menstrual life, the ovarian influence is, in health, ..."

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