menses 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]

menses noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Latin, literally, months, plural of mensis month — more at moon Date: 1597 the menstrual flow

menses
n.pl.
1 blood and other materials discharged from the uterus at menstruation.
2 the time of menstruation.
Etymology: L, pl. of mensis month

menses ˈmensi:z n.pl. 1 blood and other materials discharged from the uterus at menstruation. 2 the time of menstruation. [L, pl. of mensis month]

Menses \Men"ses\, n. pl. [L. mensis month, pl. menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. Month.] (Med.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

menses n. pl. Catamenia, monthly courses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux.

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