catamenia
Americannoun
plural noun
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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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The correspondence of the periods of the catamenia with those of the moon was treated of in Sect.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Discharge of Vaginal Parietes.—Longhi describes the case of a woman of twenty-seven, an epileptic, with metritis and copious catamenia twice a month.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
She was then sufficiently well-developed, and had a good color; all the functions appeared to act normally, and the catamenia were fairly established.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Edward Hammond Clarke
Of course, menstruation before the third or fourth year is extremely rare, most of the cases reported before this age being merely accidental sanguineous discharges from the genitals, not regularly periodical, and not true catamenia.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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