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Menstrual cycle   /mˈɛnstruəl sˈaɪkəl/   Listen
Menstrual cycle

noun
1.
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.






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"Menstrual cycle" Quotes from Famous Books



... is now unnecessary to discuss in detail, since they have already been incidentally dealt with in previous volumes of these Studies. There is, for instance, the question of the time of year and the time of the menstrual cycle which may most properly be selected for procreation.[466] The best period is probably that when sexual desire is strongest, which is the period when conception would appear, as a matter of fact, most often to occur. This would be in spring or early summer,[467] and immediately ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... observations are noteworthy, though they clearly indicate, on the whole, that primitiveness in race is a very powerless factor without a cold climate. On the other hand, again, there is some reason to suppose that in Europe there is a latent tendency in some women for the menstrual cycle to split up further into two cycles, by the appearance of a latent minor climax in the middle of the monthly interval. I allude to the phenomenon usually called Mittelschmerz, middle period, ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis



Words linked to "Menstrual cycle" :   menstrual phase, luteal phase, oscillation, fertile phase, cycle, fertile period, safe period, secretory phase



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