Associations to the word «Catamenia»

Wiktionary

CATAMENIA, noun. The female period, menstrual discharge.
CATAMENIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Thraupidae.

Dictionary definition

CATAMENIA, 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.

Wise words

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Baruch Spinoza