menstrual period vs menstruum

menstrual period

noun
  • An event of a woman's discharging of menstrual flow of blood and cells. 

menstruum

noun
  • The menses; menstrual discharge. 

  • A solvent. 

  • Any liquid medium 

How often have the words menstrual period and menstruum occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )