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語源

From 中期英語 menstruall, from Latin mēnstruālis, from mēnstrua (“menses”), from neuter plural of mēnstruus (“of a month, monthly, of menstruation”), from mēnsis (“month”) + -ālis (“-al”); see moon.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɛn.stɹu.əl/, /ˈmɛn.stɹəl/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstral)
• ハイフネーション: men‧stru‧al

形容詞

menstrual (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the menses.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96:

     Recent studies in physiology have noted that women who live in close proximity to one another - nurses in a hospital or coeds in a college dormitory - tend to have their menstrual periods at the same time.

2. (dated) Occurring once a month; monthly.
3. (dated) Lasting for a month.

   a menstrual flower

同意語

• catamenial
• mensal
• menstruous

派生語

関連する語

名詞

menstrual (plural menstruals)

1. (colloquial) A menstrual period.
   • 2012, Miryom Willis, Shirley Fisher, Trials, Tragedy, Triumphs, page 11:

     “All that drama for what” I thought. All she had to do was tell me that I was having my menstrual. So much for band aids.

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