menstrual cycle

Noun menstrual cycle has 1 sense

• menstrual cycle(n = noun.time) - a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy; if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation; "the average menstrual cycle is 28 days"
is a kind of cycle, oscillation
has parts: fertile period, fertile phase, menstrual phase, luteal phase, secretory phase, safe period