menstruum

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. (archaic) a solvent
• Usage Domain:
archaism, archaicism
• Hypernyms:
solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent
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
• Syn:
menstruation, menses, catamenia, period, flow
• Derivationally related forms:
flow (for: flow), catamenial (for: catamenia), menstruate (for: menstruation)
• Hypernyms:
discharge, emission, expelling
• Hyponyms:
menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea, oligomenorrhea

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  menstruation, menses, catamenia, period, flow