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Menstruum (Noun)

Meaning 1

(archaic) a solvent.

Classification

Nouns denoting substances.

Usages

  • Archaicism

Hypernyms

  • Dissolving Agent
  • Dissolvent
  • Dissolver
  • Resolvent

Meaning 2

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "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"--Aristotle.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Period
  • Flow
  • Menses
  • Catamenia
  • Menstruation

Hypernyms

  • Emission
  • Discharge

Hyponyms

  • Menorrhagia
  • Oligomenorrhea
  • Hypermenorrhea
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