| menstrual | Relating to the menses. Synonym: catamenial, emmenic. Origin: L. Menstrualis (05 Mar 2000) |
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| menstrual age | The age of the conceptus computed from the start of the mother's last menstrual period. (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstrual colic | Intermittent cramp-like lower abdominal pains associated with menstruation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstrual cycle | The reproductive cycle of female humans. The cycle is characterised by a monthly discharge of blood, mucus, and tissues from the uterus (called menstruation) and involves changes to the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) during the rest of the month including a few days of fertility after an ovum (egg) is released by an ovary. (09 Oct 1997) |
| menstrual extraction abortion | A technique for aspiration of early products of conception from the uterus a few days after the first missed menstrual period. (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstrual molimina | <syndrome> A combination of emotional, physical, psychological, and mood disturbances that occur after ovulation and normally end with the onset of the menstrual flow. (12 Dec 1998) |
| menstrual oedema | Retention of water and increase in weight, which occurs during or preceding menstruation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstrual pains | Lower abdominal and pelvic pain that is associated with menses. Recurrent monthly menstrual pains (not explained by other causes) are often referred to as primary dysmenorrhoea. (27 Sep 1997) |
| menstrual period | <medicine> The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs. Origin: L. Mensis month, pl. Menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. Month. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| menstrual sclerosis | A slowly progressive sclerosis in the walls of the ovarian arteries which commences after puberty. Synonym: menstrual sclerosis, ovulational sclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstruant | Menstruating. (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstruate | To undergo menstruation. Origin: L. Menstruo, pp. -atus, to be menstruant (05 Mar 2000) |
| menstruation | <physiology> The cyclic, physiologic discharge through the vagina of blood and mucosal tissues from the nonpregnant uterus, it is under hormonal control and normally recurs, usually at approximately four week intervals, in the absence of pregnancy during the reproductive period (puberty through menopause) of the female of the human and a few species of primates. It is the culmination of the menstrual cycle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| menstruation-inducing agents | Chemical compounds that induce menstruation either through direct action on the reproductive organs or through indirect action by relieving another condition of which amenorrhoea is a secondary result. (12 Dec 1998) |