‖ menses, n. pl. Path.
(ˈmɛnsiːz)
[L. mēnsēs, pl. of mēnsis month.]
= catamenia.
| 1597 Gerarde Herbal i. li. 72 The seede of Darnell..prouoketh the flowers or menses. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 431 A Musk-cat..is very profitable..for the bringing forth of those Womens menses or fluxes which are stopped. 1718 Quincy Compl. Disp. 92 Myrrh provokes the Menses, and forwards Delivery. 1896 Allbutt & Playfair Syst. Gynæcology 345 The suppression of the menses that occurs in young obese women is to be accounted for in the same way. |