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menstrual cycle  

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  • The regular (roughly 28 days) shedding of the lining of the uterus by women. While a significant occurrence in most women's lives, in Western cultures there are no ceremonies to mark it, and very little public discussion or reference to it in popular culture. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Menstrual Cycle]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BC7QL8GD-R

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