catamenia

Noun
  1. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause (synset 113534950)
    "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"; "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"
    is a type of: discharge, emission, expelling - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
    subtypes:
    • hypermenorrhea, menorrhagia - abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged
    • oligomenorrhea - abnormally light or infrequent menstruation
    same as: flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period

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