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postmenstrual

postmenstrual adjective: after a period of menstruation.

Adjective

postmenstrual (not comparable)

  1. After a period of menstruation

Forms of postmenstrual

alternative formpost-menstrual

Origin of postmenstrual

From post- + menstrual.

Words formed from postmenstrual

Questions about postmenstrual

What does postmenstrual mean?
Postmenstrual means after a period of menstruation.
What part of speech is postmenstrual?
Postmenstrual is an adjective.

Words near postmenstrual in the dictionary

  1. postmeningitic
  2. postmeningitis
  3. postmenopausal
  4. postmenopausally
  5. postmenopause
  6. postmenstrual
  7. postmenstrually
  8. postmental
  9. postmentum
  10. postmerger
  11. postmeridian

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