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Definition of Menstruate
1. Verb. Undergo menstruation. "They menstruate "; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
Entails: Ovulate
Generic synonyms: Bleed, Hemorrhage, Shed Blood
Derivative terms: Flow, Menstruation
Definition of Menstruate
1. a. Menstruous.
2. v. i. To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow.
Definition of Menstruate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To undergo menstruation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Menstruate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Menstruate
1. To undergo menstruation. Origin: L. Menstruo, pp. -atus, to be menstruant (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menstruate
| mensual mensurabilities mensurability mensurable |
Literary usage of Menstruate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Discharge from one nostril of very tenacious, thick, stringy black blood, with
cold sweat in large drops on forehead ; suits women who menstruate long and ..."
2. The Detroit Medical Journal edited by Leartus Connor, John Jolliffe Mulheron (1877)
"pected to menstruate by the nth, no further injections were made. Menstruation
lasted from Dec. ... menstruate ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"Patient began to menstruate .56 hours after operation and 1 1 days ahead of time.
... Began to menstruate 24 hours after resection of ovary though she had ..."
4. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"The effect of race and climate on puberty is illustrated by the observation of
Das, that Hindu and Mohammedan girls in India menstruate two or three years ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1843)
"In Greece and other hot countries, girls begin to menstruate at eight, nine, and
ten years of age ; but, advancing to the northern climates, ..."
6. A Treatise on the science and practice of midwifery by William Smoult Playfair (1893)
"It used to be generally stated that in the Arctic regions women did not menstruate
until they were of mature age, and that in the tropics girls of ten or ..."
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