menstrua

Meaning of menstrua

plural noun
  1. menses.
  2. a solvent.

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.

Information about menstrua

Hyphenation of menstrua

men-strua

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • menstrua is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of menstrua

anestrum, transmue, transume, unmaster

Words that rhyme with menstrua

paramenstrua, postmenstrua, premenstrua

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