| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. (archaic) a solvent.[Wordnet]
2. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.[Wordnet] 3. Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Date "MENSTRUUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1402. (references) |
| Etymology:Menstruum \Men"stru*um\, noun; plural English Menstruums, from Latin expression Menstrua. [Latin expression menstruus. See Menstruous.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MENSTRUUM
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] plu. menstruums. A dissolvent or solvent; any fluid or subtilized substance which dissolves a solid body. All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction. Inquire what is the proper menstruum to dissolve a metal.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Antiquities | Menstruum. See Servus. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: "All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents or to extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction."- Quincy. 2: Menstruum means a monthly dissolvent (Latin, mensis), from the notion of the alchemists that it acted only at the full of the moon. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] any solvent used for extracting medicinal compounds from plants etc. (references) | ||
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