catamenial
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Just at this time, however, the catamenial function began to show signs of failure of power.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond
To woman is intrusted the exclusive management of another process of elimination, viz.: the catamenial function.
From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Guernsey, Henry Newell
After her first catamenial these flashes of speechlessness and thought came only at this time.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
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
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)
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