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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