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Menses   Listen
noun
Menses  n. pl.  (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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"Menses" Quotes from Famous Books



... Washington State, about Colville, "the customs of the Indians, in relation to the treatment of females, are singular. On the first appearance of the menses, they are furnished with provisions, and sent into the woods, to remain concealed for two days; for they have a superstition, that if a man should be seen or met with during that time, death will be the consequence. At the end of the second day, the woman is permitted to return to the lodge, ...
— Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. • Sir James George Frazer



Words linked to "Menses" :   oligomenorrhea, menstruum, emission, expelling, period, menorrhagia, discharge, catamenia, hypermenorrhea



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