catamenia
Americannoun
plural noun
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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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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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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 Darwin, Erasmus
Thus it is known who have their catamenia and who have not.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
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.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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