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menstrual

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"Monthly-cycle related"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɛn.stɹu.əl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aelmnrstuStarts with MEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to menstruation or the menses

Word origin

From Middle English menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from mēnsis (“month”) + -ālis (“-al”); see moon.

Used in a sentence

  • Recent studies in physiology have noted that women who live in close proximity to one another - nurses in a hospital or coeds in a college dormitory - tend to have their menstrual periods at the same time.
  • a menstrual flower
  • “All that drama for what” I thought. All she had to do was tell me that I was having my menstrual. So much for band aids.

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