About The Word Menses
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Menses
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What's The Definition Of Menses?
[n] 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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Menses: catamenia | flow | menstruation | period Related Terms | Find terms related to Menses: See Also | discharge | emission | expelling | hypermenorrhea | menorrhagia | oligomenorrhea Menses In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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