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menses - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'menses' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Menses [ n. pl.]
- The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

Meaning of 'menses' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . menses [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Example in sentence:
  • a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped;
  • 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;
  • the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation