Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

menstruum

/ˈmɛn.stɹʊəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: men-stru-um
IPA: /ˈmɛn.stɹʊəm/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The menses; menstrual discharge.

noun

noun

Any liquid medium

Example Sentences

"Whenever any menstruum or other additament is employed, together with the fire, to obtain a sulphur or a salt from a body, we may well take the freedom to examine, whether or no the menstruum do barely help to separate the principle obtained by it..."
"[T]hat combustible sulphureous Body is presently prey'd upon and devoured by the aereal incompassing Menstruum, whose office in this Particular I have shewn in the Explication of Charcole."
"The analysis of mineral bodies... refined by the application of acid and alkaline menstrua, by Margraaf, Bergman, Bayen, and Achard, received still greater improvements from the labours of Klaprothk, Vauquelin, and Hatchett."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Italic *mēns Proto-Italic *mēnsis Latin mēnsis Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -tris Latin bimēnstrisbf. ▲ Latin annuusinflu. Latin mēnstruus Latin mēnstruum English menstruum From Latin mēnstruum (“menstrual discharge”).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmɛn.stɹʊəm/

Inflected Forms

menstruums (plural) menstrua (plural)

Derived Forms

menstruate menstruation paramenstruum

Synonyms

menstruation menses catamenia period flow

Questions

How do you pronounce menstruum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛn.stɹʊəm/.
What does menstruum mean?: The menses; menstrual discharge.
Where does menstruum come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Italic *mēns Proto-Italic *mēnsis Latin mēnsis Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -tris Latin bimēnstrisbf. ▲ Latin annuusinflu. Latin mēnstruus Latin mēnstruum English menstruum From Latin mēnstruum (“menstrual discharge”).

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