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menstrual period

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menstrual period [′men·strə·wəl ′pir·ē·əd]
(physiology)
The time of menstruation.


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1) Daughters of DES-exposed women began having regular menstrual periods at a later age than others (mean, 16.
It begins with 12year-old Sarai, daughter of a wealthy Sumerian in the city of Ur, experiencing her first menstrual period and being immediately readied for marriage.
FAT stands for Female Athlete Triad, a condition referring to a combination of amenorrhea (absence of a menstrual period for three or more months), disordered eating and decreased bone mineral density in athletes; some clinicians define it more broadly as involving general menstrual abnormalities.
 
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