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catamenia

American  
[kat-uh-mee-nee-uh] / ˌkæt əˈmi ni ə /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. menses.


catamenia British  
/ ˌkætəˈmiːnɪə /

plural noun

  1. physiol another word for menses

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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

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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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She was then sufficiently well-developed, and had a good color; all the functions appeared to act normally, and the catamenia were fairly established.

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In response to his argument the decree against catamenia was accordingly abolished.

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Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.

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