menstruum

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
menstruum /ˈmɛnstrʊəm/

▶noun (pl. menstrua /-strʊə/)

1 menses.

2 archaic a solvent.

– origin ME: from L., neut. of menstruus ‘monthly’, from mensis ‘month’; sense 2 is by alchemical analogy between transmutation of metals into gold and the supposed action of menses on the ovum.

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