English dictionary
menses
nounPronunciation
ˈmen.siːz
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Example sentences
the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
{'source': 'Hippocrates', 'text': 'a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped'}
{'source': 'Aristotle', 'text': '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'}