catamenia
Americannoun
plural noun
Other Word Forms
- catamenial adjective
Etymology
Origin of catamenia
1745–55; < New Latin < Greek katamḗnia, neuter plural of Greek katamḗnios monthly, equivalent to kata- cata- + mḗn month + -ios -ious
Example Sentences
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Whether it be merely a coincidence I am unable to say, but it is true that the majority of these cases have been in young females just after the establishment of the catamenia.
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The correspondence of the periods of the catamenia with those of the moon was treated of in Sect.
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The streaks represent catamenia, and the gradual growth of the moon is assumed to be parallel with prenatal growth.
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She worked in a man's sustained way, ignoring all demands for special development, and essaying first to dis-establish, and then to bridle, the catamenia.
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In response to his argument the decree against catamenia was accordingly abolished.
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