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–noun (used with a singular or plural verb

) Physiology.

the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L ménsés, pl. of ménsis month

]

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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The monthly flow of blood and cellular debris from the uterus that begins at puberty in women and the females of other primates. In women, menses ceases at menopause. Also called catamenia.

[Latin mēnsēs, pl. of mēnsis, month; see mē-² in Indo-European roots.]

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"monthly discharge of blood from the uterus," 1597, from L. menses, pl. of mensis "month," from PIE *menes- "moon, month."

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noun
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "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 [syn: menstruation]

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See menstruation.

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Menses

Men"o*pause\, n. [Gr. ? month + ? to cause to cease. See Menses.] (Med.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change.

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