Medical Dictionary
period
noun pe·ri·od \ˈpir-ē-əd\
Medical Definition of PERIOD
1
a : a portion of time determined by some recurring phenomenon b : a single cyclic occurrence of menstruation
2
: a chronological division <the period of incubation of a disease>
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