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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
menstruate /ˈmɛnstrʊeɪt/

▶verb (of a non-pregnant woman) discharge blood from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month.

– derivatives
menstruation noun.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as menstruous): from late L. menstruat-, menstruare ‘menstruate’, from menstrua ‘menses’.

'menstruation' also found in these Oxford entries:

amenorrhoea - cramp - curse - dysmenorrhoea - menarche - meno- - menopause - menorrhagia - menorrhoea - menses - menstrual - menstrual cycle - menstruate - menstruous - premenstrual - premenstrual syndrome - show

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