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catamenia

[kat-uh-mee-nee-uh] / ˌkæt əˈmi ni ə /
NOUN
menstruation
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Thus it is known who have their catamenia and who have not.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis

Discharge of Vaginal Parietes.—Longhi describes the case of a woman of twenty-seven, an epileptic, with metritis and copious catamenia twice a month.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Dupuytren speaks of denudation of the skin from a burn, with the subsequent development of vicarious catamenia from the seat of the injury.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

He says also that the catamenia generally appears about the time they are expected, or later, and very seldom earlier.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Of course, menstruation before the third or fourth year is extremely rare, most of the cases reported before this age being merely accidental sanguineous discharges from the genitals, not regularly periodical, and not true catamenia.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle


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