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Menstruation

The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emission 76% connected

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expelling 76% connected

of Expel

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Menorrhagia 76% connected

Profuse menstruation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Menstrual 74% connected

Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Menstrual 74% connected

Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Catamenia 92% connected

The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flow 92% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Menses 92% connected

The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Menstruum 92% connected

Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Period 92% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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