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menses

[men-seez] / ˈmɛn siz /
NOUN
menstruation
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"Discrepancies in the incidence of who gets migraine attacks associated with menses is likely due to premenopausal women having more regular menstrual cycles and thus more menstrual-related migraines," says Ailani.

From Science Daily Apr. 12, 2024

Just like the reason she started taking birth control: to help mitigate severe cramps and heavy bleeding that accompanied her menses.

From Washington Post Jun. 10, 2022

Nonetheless, women continued to restore their menses with home treatments and induced early abortions before quickening as permitted by common law.

From Slate Jun. 1, 2022

A doctor researching mifepristone in the 1980s said the drug would prove useful “as a menses inducer for women who are late with their periods.”

From Slate May 13, 2022

Hobbes had a severe illness at Paris, which lasted six months, thus noticed in his metrical life: Dein per sex menses morbo decumbo propinque  Accinctus morti; nec fugio, illa fugit.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac




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