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Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Menstrual Cycle

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C16838

ALT_DEFINITION

The monthly cycle of hormonal changes from the beginning of one menstrual period to the beginning of the next.

code

C16838

DEFINITION

The Menstrual Cycle involves regularly recurring hormonal changes and physiologic endometrial changes during the reproductive period in human females, and some primates, and culminates in partial sloughing of the endometrium (menstruation) in the absence of fertilization. For most women, one cycle takes 28 days. (NCI)

label

Menstrual Cycle

Legacy_Concept_Name

Menstrual_Cycle

Preferred_Name

Menstrual Cycle

prefixIRI

C16838

prefLabel

Menstrual Cycle

Semantic_Type

Physiologic Function

UMLS_CUI

C0025329

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C21173

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