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Word: Menstruum
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in menstruum (sense 1)): from Latin, neuter of menstruus ‘monthly’, from mensis ‘month’. menstruum (sense 2) is by analogy of the supposed agency of a solvent in the transmutation of metals into gold with the supposed action of menses on the ovum
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛnstrʊəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
menses.
Short Definition:menses
Definition:
a solvent.
Short Definition:solvent
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