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period pain

period pain noun: pain felt in the abdomen during menstruation.

Noun

period pain (countable and uncountable, plural period pains)

  1. Pain felt in the abdomen during menstruation.
    • Nine out of 10 women suffer from period pain – sometimes crippling – but many say their problem is dismissed.2011 August 8, Bim Adewunmi, “The truth about period pain”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    dysmenorrhea

Synonyms of period pain

Forms of period pain

pluralperiod pains

Questions about period pain

What does period pain mean?
Period pain means pain felt in the abdomen during menstruation.
What part of speech is period pain?
Period pain is a noun.
What is the plural of period pain?
The plural of period pain is period pains.

Words near period pain in the dictionary

  1. period doubling
  2. period doublings
  3. period drama
  4. period dramas
  5. period of time
  6. period pain
  7. period pains
  8. period panties
  9. period pants
  10. period piece
  11. period pieces

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