catamenial
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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My Dear Doctor,—I have great pleasure in answering your inquiries in regard to the course, which, to my knowledge, German mothers adopt with their daughters at the catamenial period.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond
James Oliver believes that the catamenial flow eliminates from the body substances whose presence in the blood would exert a deleterious influence on the animal economy.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
The least chill or nervousness, I must say, upsets her in this way; and she was subject to the same the last two catamenial periods.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
The last described form of dysmenorrhœa is sometimes attended with spasmodic contraction of the os uteri, thus preventing the catamenial flow.
From A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication by Clark, Daniel
I believe them to prove that generally girls here are doing very well as to the catamenial function.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond
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