| 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) |
| acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis | An acute or recurrent gingivitis of young and middle-aged adults characterised clinically by gingival erythema and pain, fetid odour, and necrosis and sloughing of interdental papillae and marginal gingiva which gives rise to a gray pseudomembrane; fever, regional lymphadenopathy, and other systemic manifestations also may be present. A fusiform bacillus and Treponema vincentii can be isolated from the gingival tissues in large numbers and are felt to play a significant but poorly defined role in the pathogenesis. Synonym: fusospirochetal gingivitis, trench mouth, ulceromembranous gingivitis, Vincent's disease, Vincent's infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atypical gingivitis | Intense hyperaemic oedema and inflammation of the gingiva resulting from a hypersensitivity reaction. A dense plasma cell infiltrate is seen in the lamina propria. Synonym: atypical gingivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marginal gingivitis | Gingivitis in which the clinical alterations are confined to the marginal gingiva and do not involve the attached gingiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingivitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the gingivae. Gingivitis associated with bony changes is referred to as periodontitis. Synonym: oulitis, ulitis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| gingivitis, necrotizing ulcerative | An acute or chronic gingival infection characterised by redness and swelling, necrosis extending from the interdental papillae along the gingival margins, pain, haemorrhage, necrotic odour, and often a pseudomembrane. The condition may extend to the oral mucosa, tongue, palate, or pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |