menstruation, n.
(menstruations)
(menstruations)
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
<noun.process>
catamenia flow menses menstruation menstruum period
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"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
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