different between menses vs menstruation

English

Etymology

From Latin m?nsis (“month”), the plural being m?ns?s (“months”), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Confer month.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?men.si?z/

Noun

menses pl (plural only)

1. The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.

Related terms

• menstruation
• menstrual cycle
• menarche

Translations

References

• menses in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Menstrual cycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• meness, mesnes

French

Noun

menses f

1. plural of mense

Interlingua

Noun

menses

1. plural of mense

Latin

Noun

m?ns?s

1. nominative plural of m?nsis
2. accusative plural of m?nsis
3. vocative plural of m?nsis

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

mènses m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (colloquial) menstruation

   Synonyms: kataménije, menstruácija, m?nga, menoréja, mènzes, mj?se?nica, perióda

Declension

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English

Etymology

menstruum +? -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, Spanish menstruación.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?nst???e??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?nst?u?e??(?)n/, /-st???we?-/, /?m?n?st?e??(?)n/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstration)
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: men?stru?a?tion

Noun

menstruation (countable and uncountable, plural menstruations)

1. The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

Alternative forms

• menstration (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:menstruation.

Related terms

• menstrual
• menstrual cycle
• menstruate
• menstruous
• menarche
• menopause

Translations

See also

• PMT
• tampon
• sanitary towel

References

Further reading

• menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

Noun

menstruation f (plural menstruations)

1. menstruation; period

Synonyms

• règles

Swedish

Etymology

menstruum +? -ation, modelled after Late Latin menstruatio. The word is cognate with French menstruation, English menstruation, Spanish menstruación.

Noun

menstruation c

1. menstruation

Declension

References

• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• menstruation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)