menses in English dictionary

  • menses

    Meanings and definitions of "menses"

    • Menstrual flow.
    • noun
      The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month; menstrual flow.
    • menstrual flow
    • The period in the menstrual cycle when the endometrium is shed when conception did not take place.
    • 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

    Synonyms of "menses" in English dictionary

    emission, expelling, menstruum are the top synonyms of "menses" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of menses

    • menses ( uncountable)
    • menses (uncountable)

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