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| amenorrhea |
abnormal absence or stoppage of menstruation. |
| cramp1 |
(usu. pl.) severe abdominal pain, such as that caused by intestinal disorders or the uterine contractions occurring during labor and menstruation. [1/3 definitions] |
| curse |
(slang) one's time of menstruation (prec. by "the"). [1/9 definitions] |
| decidua |
a mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is cast off at childbirth or during menstruation. |
| dysmenorrhea |
menstruation that is difficult or painful. |
| menopausal |
of or pertaining to the natural cessation of menstruation that usually occurs in middle age. |
| menstrual |
of or relating to menstruation or the discharge that occurs during menstruation. |
| period |
the time of the month when menstruation occurs, or menstruation itself. [1/8 definitions] |
| premenstrual |
of, relating to, or occurring during the time immediately preceding the onset of menstruation. |
| toxic-shock syndrome |
a sometimes fatal disease, esp. contracted by young women during menstruation, characterized by fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, and thought to be connected with the use of certain tampons that cause a rapid spread of bacterial infection in the vagina. |
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