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The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
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catamenia
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International 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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The female period, menstrual discharge.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Catamenia may refer to: Catamenia (band) , the Finnish melodic black metal band Catamenia, the menstrual condition Catamenia (genus) , a birds genus of atypical seedeaters
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ...
Usage examples of catamenia.
Of course, menstruation before the third or fourth year is extremely rare, most of the cases reported before this age being merely accidental sanguineous discharges from the genitals, not regularly periodical, and not true catamenia.
Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.
Dupuytren speaks of denudation of the skin from a burn, with the subsequent development of vicarious catamenia from the seat of the injury.