menstrual cycle
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy; if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation
the average menstrual cycle is 28 days
Types & categories
- oscillation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- fertile period part meronym
- menstrual phase part meronym
- secretory phase part meronym
- safe period part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fertile period |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | menstrual phase |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | secretory phase |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | safe period |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | oscillation |