menses definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the monthly ... menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males ... the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow] Merriam Webster's noun plural but ... Etymology: L, pl. of mensis month Webster's 1913 Dictionary Menses Men"ses, n. pl. [L. mensis month, pl. menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. Month.] (Med ...
... menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males ... the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow] Merriam Webster's noun plural Etymology ... by + m?n month — more at cata-, moon Date: 1750 menses • catamenial adjective Webster's 1913 Dictionary Catamenia Cat`a*me ... katamh`nia.] (Med.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. pl. [ Gr. ] Menses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux, courses.
... menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males ... the catamenia begin to flow in females"-- Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -struums or menstrua) Etymology: Medieval Latin, literally, menses, alteration of Latin menstrua Date: 1559 a substance that dissolves ... parallel between transmutation into gold and the supposed action of menses on the ovum Webster's 1913 Dictionary Menstruum Men"stru ...
... menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males ... the catamenia begin to flow in females"-- Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow] 7: a punctuation mark (.) placed at ... wave, manner of speaking, mark, masculine caesura, measure, mechanical wave, menses, menstrual discharge, menstruation, meridian, meter, metrical accent, metrical foot, metrical ...
... 2005) adj 1: of or relating to menstruation or the menses; "menstrual period" [syn: menstrual, catamenial] Merriam Webster's adjective Date ... adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. of or relating to the menses or menstruation. Phrases and idioms: menstrual cycle the process of ... the sun's place. 2. Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period. 3. Of or pertaining ...
... menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" --Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males ... the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa ... Menstruation Men`stru*a"tion, n. The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating. Collin's ...
... menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males ... the catamenia begin to flow in females"-- Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow] v 1: move or progress freely ...
... Late Latin menstruatus, past participle of menstruari, from Latin menstrua menses, from neuter plural of menstruus monthly, from mensis Date: 1795 ... p. Menstruated; p. pr. & vb. n. Menstruating.] To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (menstruates ...
... menstrual discharge Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Greek emm?na menses (from neuter plural of emm?nos monthly, from en- + m ... Dictionary Emmenagogue Em*men"a*gogue, n. [Gr. ?, n. pl., menses (? in + ? month) + ? leading, fr. ? to lead: cf. F. emm['e ...
... hundred within his county. --Blount. 14. pl. (Med.) Monthly courses; menses. [Colloq.] 15. (Mus.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, ?), commonly ...
... hundred within his county. --Blount. 14. pl. (Med.) Monthly courses; menses. [Colloq.] 15. (Mus.) An embellishment or grace (marked thus, ?), commonly ...