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men·ses

menses

pronunciation:
men siz
part of speech: noun
definition: (used with a sing. or pl. verb) the periodic discharge of blood, mucus, and cells built up in the mammalian uterus in preparation to receive an embryo and discarded when fertilization of the egg has not taken place.