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menstruation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004014

The periodic shedding of the endometrium and associated menstrual bleeding in the menstrual cycle of humans and primates. Menstruation is due to the decline in circulating progesterone, and occurs at the late luteal phase when luteolysis of the corpus luteum takes place.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004014
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsmenses
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2013; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsomenstrual cycle
TranslationsSpanish: menstruación
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004014",
  "term": "menstruation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The periodic shedding of the endometrium and associated menstrual bleeding in the menstrual cycle of humans and primates. Menstruation is due to the decline in circulating progesterone, and occurs at the late luteal phase when luteolysis of the corpus luteum takes place.",
  "synonyms": [
    "menses"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "menstrual cycle"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2013",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "menstruación"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/menstruation/"
}

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