MENSTRUUM (menstrua)
Dictionary entry overview: What does menstruum mean?
• MENSTRUUM (noun)
The noun MENSTRUUM has 2 senses:
1. (archaic) a solvent
2. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Familiarity information: MENSTRUUM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MENSTRUUM (noun)
Meaning:
(archaic) a solvent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("menstruum" is a kind of...):
dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Meaning:
The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
catamenia; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period; flow
Context examples:
the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation / a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped / the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females
Hypernyms ("menstruum" is a kind of...):
discharge; emission; expelling (any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "menstruum"):
hypermenorrhea; menorrhagia (abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged)
oligomenorrhea (abnormally light or infrequent menstruation)
