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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Etymology: New Latin, from Greek katam?nia, from neuter plural of katam?nios monthly, from kata by + m?n month — more at cata-, moon Date: 1750 menses • catamenial adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Catamenia Cat`a*me"nia (k[a^]t`[.a]*m[=e]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ta` katamh`nia.] (Med.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. pl. [Gr.] Menses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux, courses.