menstrual blood
Monthly uterine shedding
Menstrual blood is the blood and tissue discharged from the uterus during menstruation.
It differs from ordinary blood in composition, containing uterine lining, mucus, and vaginal secretions.
The term appears in medical contexts, discussions of reproductive health, and cultural or religious traditions that treat menstrual blood as ritually significant or taboo.
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- time of the monthMenstrual phase
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- heavy flowCopious menstrual discharge
- uterusFemale reproductive organ
tampon · pad · sanitary pad · cramps · cycle · moon cycle · bleeding · womb · uterine lining · clot · discharge · fertility · ovulation · stain · hormones · PMS · bloating · cervix
- Menstruationperiod, periods, cycle, flow, pads
- body fluidslymph, saliva, urine, sweat, tears
- dischargespus, mucus, phlegm, exudate, discharge
- ritual puritymikvah, mikveh, ritual purity, purity laws, impurity
- vaginal dischargecervical mucus, yellow discharge, mucus, secretions, lubrication
menstrual bloodsemen
Male reproductive secretion
amniotic fluid · breast milk · seminal fluid · sperm · colostrum
menstrual bloodholy water
Sacramental liquid for blessings
baptismal water · mother's milk · sacramental wine · sacred blood · blood of Christ
menstrual, menstruate, menstruation, menstruating, menses, monthly, blood, bloody, bloodied