catamenia
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, period, flow
• Derivationally related forms:
flow (for: flow), catamenial, menstruate (for: menstruation)
• Hypernyms:
discharge, emission, expelling
• Hyponyms:
menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea, oligomenorrhea
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