catamenia
Example Sentences
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I am assured by some persons of credit, that if they are touched, or even approached, by a woman in her catamenia, they infallibly expire.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
In response to his argument the decree against catamenia was accordingly abolished.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
Whether it be merely a coincidence I am unable to say, but it is true that the majority of these cases have been in young females just after the establishment of the catamenia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
They have the following custom when they have their catamenia: the wives withdraw from their husbands, or the daughter from her father and mother and other relatives, and go to certain small houses.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy) Otis
In place of catamenia there was a discharge reddish-green in color.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
