catamenia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
    menstruation; flow; period; menstruum; menses.
    • 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

WordNet

Cat`a*me"nia noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

Webster 1913