menstruum vs period

period vs menstruum

menstruum and period both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
menstruum	Yes	No	No	No
period	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, menstruum and period are synonyms defined as:

menstruum and period: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

Other synonyms of menstruum include catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation.

menstruum (noun)	period (noun)
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause	a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
(archaic) a solvent	the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
	an amount of time
	the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
	a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
	the end or completion of something
	(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games

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