menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow
(noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; “the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation”; “a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped”--Hippocrates; “the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females”--Aristotle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
menses pl (plural only)
The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.
• meness, mesnes
Source: Wiktionary
Men"ses, n. pl. Etym: [L. mensis month, pl. menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. Month.] (Med.)
Definition: The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.
Mense, n. Etym: [OE. menske, AS. mennisc human, man. See Man.]
Definition: Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
– Mense"ful, a.
– Mense"less, a.
Mense, v. t.
Definition: To grace. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
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