menstrual cycle

English

Noun

menstrual cycle (plural menstrual cycles)

1. The recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human woman.

Synonyms

• period

Related terms

• menses
• menstruation

Translations

recurring cycle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月經周期／月经周期 (yuèjīng zhōuqī)

• Czech: menstruační cyklus m
• Danish: menstruationscyklus c
• Dutch: menstruatiecyclus (nl) m
• Finnish: kuukautiskierto (fi)
• French: cycle menstruel (fr) m
• Georgian: მენსტრუალური ციკლი (mensṭrualuri ciḳli), თვიური (tviuri)
• German: Menstruationszyklus m
• Greek: έμμηνος κύκλος m (émminos kýklos)
• Gujarati: માસિકચક્ર (māsikcakra)
• Icelandic: tíðahringur m
• Irish: timthriall míosta m
• Italian: ciclo mestruale (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çerxa mehane f

• Malay: kitaran haid
• Malayalam: ആർത്തവചക്രം (āṟttavacakraṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: menstruasjonssyklus m

  Nynorsk: menstruasjonssyklus m

• Portuguese: ciclo menstrual m
• Romanian: ciclu menstrual (ro) n
• Russian: менструа́льный цикл (ru) m (menstruálʹnyj cikl), ме́сячные (ru) m pl (mésjačnyje)
• Swedish: menstruationscykel (sv) c

See also

• luteal phase