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Definition of "menstruation" []

  • The process or an instance of discharging the menses. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "menstruation" in a sentence
  • "But now, I can keep my child home from school simply to avoid a 'holiday party' with snowmen, or on the day their teacher might say the word 'menstruation.'"
  • "I'm quite certain the rangers of the National Parks Service while giving their tours of the National Mall do not, at any time, say the word "menstruation.""
  • "It seems to facilitate the age-old premise that menstruation is unclean."