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MENSTRUAL BLOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does menstrual blood mean?
• MENSTRUAL BLOOD (noun)
The noun MENSTRUAL BLOOD has 1 sense:
1. flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years
Familiarity information: MENSTRUAL BLOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
menorrhea; menstrual blood; menstrual flow
Hypernyms ("menstrual blood" is a kind of...):
blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)
Holonyms ("menstrual blood" is a part of...):
adult female body; woman's body (the body of an adult woman)
Context examples
It also allows menstrual blood to leave a woman's body.
(Cervix Disorders, NIH)
The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from inside the uterus.
(Menstruation, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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