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menstruations

menstruations is the plural of menstruation.

Meaning of menstruation

Noun

menstruation (countable and uncountable, plural menstruations)

  1. The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
    • It would seem that in Avebury, Stonehenge, and Malta the mystery cult of menstruation/mensuration reached its most consummate development.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 267
  2. An instance of menstruation, the part of each month during which a fertile woman menstruates.

Questions about menstruations

What is menstruations the plural of?
Menstruations is the plural of menstruation.

Words near menstruations in the dictionary

  1. menstruates
  2. menstruating
  3. menstruation
  4. menstruation period
  5. menstruation periods
  6. menstruations
  7. menstruator
  8. menstruators
  9. menstrue
  10. menstruosity
  11. menstruous

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