menstrualadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmɛnstrʊəl/,

/ˈmɛnstrᵿl/, U.S.

/ˈmɛnstr(əw)əl/

Forms: Middle English menstruale, Middle English menstruel, Middle English 1600s– menstrual, Middle English–1700s menstruall.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French menstruel; Latin mēnstruālis.

Etymology: < Middle French, French menstruel menstrual (adjective; c1268 in Old French) and its etymon classical Latin mēnstruālis lasting for a month, liable to menstruate, menstruating, in post-classical Latin also in alchemical use (a1490 in Ripley: compare quot. a1550 at sense A. 2) < mēnstruus (see menstruum n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin menstrualia (plural) menstrual discharge (c670 in a British source).

A. adj.

a. Of or relating to the menses or menstruation. Cf. premenstrual adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > menses > [adjective]

menstruala1398

menstruea1400

menstruous?a1425

monthly1568

catamenial1851

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 70 Þe childe in þe modir wombe is I-fed with blood menstrual.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 67 (MED) Bytwene it [sc. matrix] and þe tetes beeþ melky and menstrual veynes contynued.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 152 Some..do to lewdly ask, whether we will say that Christ was engendred of the menstruall sede of the Virgin.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 395 Aristotle and others do not let to write, that menstrual blood doth naturally void from the Mare.

1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. ii. viii. 143 The Peripateticks say it is fed by menstrual blood..which at certain times is purged forth by the womb in a moderate quantity.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 92 A Provoker of the menstrual Discharges.

1788 J. Ledyard Jrnl. in Journey through Russia (1966) 195 The Asiatic & American Tartars have the same..superstitious notions of Women during the Menstrual Illness.

1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. vi. 862 Inflammation..is most apt to occur during the menstrual period.

1896 T. C. Allbutt & W. S. Playfair Syst. Gynæcol. 367 It may continue during the menstrual life of the patient.

1917 W. J. Robinson Sex Knowl. for Women & Girls vi. 45 Menstrual blood..is discharged from the uterus..to the outside, where it is caught on cotton, sanitary napkins or some other pad.

1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 392/2 The strikingly statistically significant relationship between quality of menstrual education and absence of dysmenorrhoea.

1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae i. 11 Orthodox Jewish women still purify themselves from menstrual uncleanness in the mikveh, a ritual bath.

†b. Of a part of the body: formed from the menstruum (menstruum n. 1b). Cf. spermatic adj. and n. 3, spermatical adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > menses > [adjective] > produced from

menstrual1626

menstruous1626

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §58 Some Entrails..are hard to repaire: though that Diuision of Spermaticall, and Menstruall Parts, be but a Conceit.

†c. Of a woman: suffering from symptoms connected with menstruation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of female > menstrual disorders

menstrual1669

amenorrhoeal1832

amenorrhoeic1843

menorrhagic1844

premenstrual1864

oligomenorrhoeic1955

oligomenorrhoeal1963

polymenorrhoeal1963

polymenorrhoeic1968

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 73 An hysterical (or I rather think menstrual) woman.

†2. Alchemy. Relating to or of the nature of a menstruum (menstruum n. 2a). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > relating to or of the nature of solvent

menstruala1550

a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 44 (MED) For thy fyrste grounde principall, vnderstand thy waters menstruall.

a. gen. Monthly; happening once in a month; varying in a monthly cycle. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > monthly or occurring once a month

monthly1587

menstrual1594

mensurnal1603

mensual1611

lunar1683

lunary1822

mensal1844

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 2 The causes both of these cotidian, menstruall, annuall, and other the rarest mutations.., are attributed to the celestiall motions.

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 56 in Sylva Any thing we have here alledg'd concerning these Menstrual Periods.

1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 286 There is no other connexion between the Moon's motion and the Tydes Menstrual period, than a casual Synchronism.

a1706 J. Evelyn Direct. for Gardiner (1932) 16 Menstrual, monthly.

1781 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 116 We have..no cause to suspect any very material periodical irregularity, either diurnal, menstrual, or annual.

1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms at Epact It [sc. an Epact] is therefore both annual and menstrual.

1918 E. Hemingway Let. 19 May (2011) I. 104 Does..the journalistic white Slaver still take the bi menstrual stipend from William Moorehead.]

b. Botany. Of a flower or plant: continuing in existence for a month. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 735/2 Menstrual, Menstruous, lasting for a month.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Menstrual, lasting for a month, as a flower.

†B. n.

1. Alchemy. The menstruum which is added to a metal in the process of its conversion into gold. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > chemical digestion > substances used in > other miscellaneous

Green lion1471

menstruala1500

rubya1500

regal water1576

sericon?a1600

chrysosperm1612

lunific1678

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2672 The semynale sede masculyne Hath wroght & wonn the victorie Vpon the menstruallis worthily.

a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 44 Invisible is trulye this menstruall.

2. In plural. The menstrual discharge; the menses. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > menses > [noun]

monthlyeOE

menstruuma1398

flowerc1400

menstrue?a1425

women's evilc1450

menstruosity1503

courses1563

monthly time1564

reds1568

month courses1574

purgation1577

women's courses1577

month1578

menses1597

menstruals1598

flourish1606

nature1607

fluors1621

mois1662

period1690

catamenia1764

turn1819

visitor1980

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 12 b/1 We apply the boxes to suscitate the menstrualles of women.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 135/1 It helpeth woemen when their menstrualles flowe to superfluouslye.

1788 J. Ledyard Jrnl. in Journey through Russia (1966) 195 The same chaste..notions of Women..that Laban had in omitting to search for his Silver Gods when hid under Rachel who feigned the Menstruals.

Compounds

menstrual cycle n. the cycle of proliferation and shedding of the uterine lining (with hormonal changes) that occurs in postpubertal women and certain other female primates.

ΚΠ

1878 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. 11 693 The effect of conception upon the vascular changes of the menstrual cycle is worthy of note.

1912 J. G. Adami & J. McCrae Text-bk. Pathol. 647 The histological appearances of the endometrium in certain stages of the menstrual cycle.

1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 25 Jan. (Business Outlook Suppl.) 1/4 Women themselves often..blame any symptoms they might have on wherever they are in their menstrual cycles.

† menstrual equation n. Astronomy Obsolete the apparent monthly displacement of the position of the sun in the sky owing to the gravitational pull that the moon exerts on the earth.

ΚΠ

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy ix. §451. 289 An apparent monthly displacement of the sun..which is called the menstrual equation.

menstrual extraction n. aspiration of the uterine contents by suction through a fine cannula, used especially as a means of terminating early pregnancies.

ΚΠ

1972 Newsweek 24 July 69/3 The Karman cannula is a narrow piece of flexible tubing..used in a procedure called menstrual extraction.

1972 N.Y. Times 19 Nov. 66/5 Even in states where abortions are illegal, most women who practice menstrual extraction insist that the term is not a euphemism.

1992 Utne Reader May 19/1 ‘Menstrual extraction’, a procedure that self-taught women can perform for each other up to the eighth week of pregnancy.

† menstrual parallax n. Astronomy Obsolete = menstrual equation n.

ΚΠ

1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 157 The difference thus produced in the apparent place of the Sun..may..be..called the menstrual parallax.

1823 J. Mitchell Dict. Math. & Physical Sci. 343 Menstrual Parallax of the Sun is [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	menstrual
释义	menstrualadj.n. Brit. /ˈmɛnstrʊəl/, /ˈmɛnstrᵿl/, U.S. /ˈmɛnstr(əw)əl/ Forms: Middle English menstruale, Middle English menstruel, Middle English 1600s– menstrual, Middle English–1700s menstruall. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French menstruel; Latin mēnstruālis. Etymology: < Middle French, French menstruel menstrual (adjective; c1268 in Old French) and its etymon classical Latin mēnstruālis lasting for a month, liable to menstruate, menstruating, in post-classical Latin also in alchemical use (a1490 in Ripley: compare quot. a1550 at sense A. 2) < mēnstruus (see menstruum n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin menstrualia (plural) menstrual discharge (c670 in a British source). A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to the menses or menstruation. Cf. premenstrual adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > menses > [adjective] menstruala1398 menstruea1400 menstruous?a1425 monthly1568 catamenial1851 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 70 Þe childe in þe modir wombe is I-fed with blood menstrual. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 67 (MED) Bytwene it [sc. matrix] and þe tetes beeþ melky and menstrual veynes contynued. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 152 Some..do to lewdly ask, whether we will say that Christ was engendred of the menstruall sede of the Virgin. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 395 Aristotle and others do not let to write, that menstrual blood doth naturally void from the Mare. 1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. ii. viii. 143 The Peripateticks say it is fed by menstrual blood..which at certain times is purged forth by the womb in a moderate quantity. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 92 A Provoker of the menstrual Discharges. 1788 J. Ledyard Jrnl. in Journey through Russia (1966) 195 The Asiatic & American Tartars have the same..superstitious notions of Women during the Menstrual Illness. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. vi. 862 Inflammation..is most apt to occur during the menstrual period. 1896 T. C. Allbutt & W. S. Playfair Syst. Gynæcol. 367 It may continue during the menstrual life of the patient. 1917 W. J. Robinson Sex Knowl. for Women & Girls vi. 45 Menstrual blood..is discharged from the uterus..to the outside, where it is caught on cotton, sanitary napkins or some other pad. 1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 97 392/2 The strikingly statistically significant relationship between quality of menstrual education and absence of dysmenorrhoea. 1990 C. Paglia Sexual Personae i. 11 Orthodox Jewish women still purify themselves from menstrual uncleanness in the mikveh, a ritual bath. †b. Of a part of the body: formed from the menstruum (menstruum n. 1b). Cf. spermatic adj. and n. 3, spermatical adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > menses > [adjective] > produced from menstrual1626 menstruous1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §58 Some Entrails..are hard to repaire: though that Diuision of Spermaticall, and Menstruall Parts, be but a Conceit. †c. Of a woman: suffering from symptoms connected with menstruation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of female > menstrual disorders menstrual1669 amenorrhoeal1832 amenorrhoeic1843 menorrhagic1844 premenstrual1864 oligomenorrhoeic1955 oligomenorrhoeal1963 polymenorrhoeal1963 polymenorrhoeic1968 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 73 An hysterical (or I rather think menstrual) woman. †2. Alchemy. Relating to or of the nature of a menstruum (menstruum n. 2a). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [adjective] > relating to or of the nature of solvent menstruala1550 a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 44 (MED) For thy fyrste grounde principall, vnderstand thy waters menstruall. 3. a. gen. Monthly; happening once in a month; varying in a monthly cycle. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [adjective] > monthly or occurring once a month monthly1587 menstrual1594 mensurnal1603 mensual1611 lunar1683 lunary1822 mensal1844 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 2 The causes both of these cotidian, menstruall, annuall, and other the rarest mutations.., are attributed to the celestiall motions. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 56 in Sylva Any thing we have here alledg'd concerning these Menstrual Periods. 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 286 There is no other connexion between the Moon's motion and the Tydes Menstrual period, than a casual Synchronism. a1706 J. Evelyn Direct. for Gardiner (1932) 16 Menstrual, monthly. 1781 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 116 We have..no cause to suspect any very material periodical irregularity, either diurnal, menstrual, or annual. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms at Epact It [sc. an Epact] is therefore both annual and menstrual. 1918 E. Hemingway Let. 19 May (2011) I. 104 Does..the journalistic white Slaver still take the bi menstrual stipend from William Moorehead.] b. Botany. Of a flower or plant: continuing in existence for a month. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 735/2 Menstrual, Menstruous, lasting for a month. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Menstrual, lasting for a month, as a flower. †B. n. 1. Alchemy. The menstruum which is added to a metal in the process of its conversion into gold. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > chemical digestion > substances used in > other miscellaneous Green lion1471 menstruala1500 rubya1500 regal water1576 sericon?a1600 chrysosperm1612 lunific1678 a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2672 The semynale sede masculyne Hath wroght & wonn the victorie Vpon the menstruallis worthily. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 44 Invisible is trulye this menstruall. 2. In plural. The menstrual discharge; the menses. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > menses > [noun] monthlyeOE menstruuma1398 flowerc1400 menstrue?a1425 women's evilc1450 menstruosity1503 courses1563 monthly time1564 reds1568 month courses1574 purgation1577 women's courses1577 month1578 menses1597 menstruals1598 flourish1606 nature1607 fluors1621 mois1662 period1690 catamenia1764 turn1819 visitor1980 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 12 b/1 We apply the boxes to suscitate the menstrualles of women. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 135/1 It helpeth woemen when their menstrualles flowe to superfluouslye. 1788 J. Ledyard Jrnl. in Journey through Russia (1966) 195 The same chaste..notions of Women..that Laban had in omitting to search for his Silver Gods when hid under Rachel who feigned the Menstruals. Compounds menstrual cycle n. the cycle of proliferation and shedding of the uterine lining (with hormonal changes) that occurs in postpubertal women and certain other female primates. ΚΠ 1878 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. 11 693 The effect of conception upon the vascular changes of the menstrual cycle is worthy of note. 1912 J. G. Adami & J. McCrae Text-bk. Pathol. 647 The histological appearances of the endometrium in certain stages of the menstrual cycle. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 25 Jan. (Business Outlook Suppl.) 1/4 Women themselves often..blame any symptoms they might have on wherever they are in their menstrual cycles. † menstrual equation n. Astronomy Obsolete the apparent monthly displacement of the position of the sun in the sky owing to the gravitational pull that the moon exerts on the earth. ΚΠ 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy ix. §451. 289 An apparent monthly displacement of the sun..which is called the menstrual equation. menstrual extraction n. aspiration of the uterine contents by suction through a fine cannula, used especially as a means of terminating early pregnancies. ΚΠ 1972 Newsweek 24 July 69/3 The Karman cannula is a narrow piece of flexible tubing..used in a procedure called menstrual extraction. 1972 N.Y. Times 19 Nov. 66/5 Even in states where abortions are illegal, most women who practice menstrual extraction insist that the term is not a euphemism. 1992 Utne Reader May 19/1 ‘Menstrual extraction’, a procedure that self-taught women can perform for each other up to the eighth week of pregnancy. † menstrual parallax n. Astronomy Obsolete = menstrual equation n. ΚΠ 1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 157 The difference thus produced in the apparent place of the Sun..may..be..called the menstrual parallax. 1823 J. Mitchell Dict. Math. & Physical Sci. 343 Menstrual Parallax of the Sun is [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a1398
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