menstrual
pronunciation
How to pronounce menstrual in British English:
UK [ˈmenstruəl]
How to pronounce menstrual in American English:
US [ˈmɛnstruəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to menstruation or the menses
Word Origin
- menstrual
- menstrual: [14] Etymologically, menstrual means ‘monthly’. It comes from Latin mēnstruālis, an adjective derived from mēnsis ‘month’ (a close relative of English month). From the same source comes menses [16], originally the plural of Latin mēnsis, and menopause [19] is based on the related Greek word for ‘month’, mén. Their gynaecological application comes, of course, from the ‘monthly’ flow of blood from the uterus.=> menopause, month
- menstrual (adj.)
- late 14c., "pertaining to menses," also (in astronomy) "monthly," from Old French menstruel, from Latin menstrualis "monthly," especially "of or having monthly courses," from menstruus "of a month, every month, monthly, pertaining to a month," from mensis "month" (see moon (n.)).
Example
- 1. Do you have symptom-free days during your menstrual cycle ?
- 2. It 's meant to suppress all menstrual bleeding .
- 3. Generally , symptoms may vanish both before or after the start of menstrual flow .
- 4. Others interfere with the menstrual cycle ( as birth control pills do ) .
- 5. One female friend of mine posted a series of updates about her menstrual cycles .