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noun
The menses; menstrual discharge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, in-plural
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noun
A solvent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Any liquid medium
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause--Hippocrates--Aristotle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: menstruation, menses, catamenia, period, flow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discharge, emission, expelling
Narrower terms: menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea, oligomenorrhea
noun
(archaic) a solvent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent
History
From Latin mēnstruum (“menstrual discharge”).
