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Menses - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Menses : (noun)
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,
menstruum, catamenia, period, flow]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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