[ noun ] the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause <noun.process> the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruationa woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped 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
Menstruation \Men`stru*a"tion\, n. The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.
She was shocked when her menstruation became irregular, thinking something else was wrong with her.
"And I think it's an important story because I think it's important for young women to know what menstruation is about before it begins so that perhaps they won't be as frightened and confused by it, as certainly can happen," he said.