MENSTRUUM
Scrabble letter values: M3E1N1S1T1R1U1U1M3 = 13
Definition
- noun (archaic) a solvent.
- noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause. — synonyms: menstruation, menses, catamenia, period, flow
Examples
- “the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation”
- “a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped--Hippocrates”
- “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--Aristotle”