Menses Definition

mĕnsēz
noun
The periodic flow of blood and sloughed-off tissue from the uterus, discharged through the genital tract: it normally occurs about every four weeks in a woman who is not pregnant, from menarche to menopause.
Webster's New World

The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus of a female out through her vagina, which occurs roughly every month; menstrual flow.

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Origin of Menses

  • Latin mensis (“month"), the plural being menses (“months"), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Confer month.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin mēnsēs pl. of mēnsis month mē-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Menses Sentence Examples

  • On Metformin, 39 of 43 patients (91 %) resumed normal menses.

  • Hong Hua was added to address her underlying mild blood stasis that was causing clothing on the second day of menses.

  • The symptoms may begin one to two days before menses, peak on the first day of flow, and subside during that day or over several days.

  • Women were included if they were otherwise healthy, had regular menses and no recent pregnancy.

  • The average age for the onset of the menses in girls in the United States and Canada is 12.77 years.

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