CATAMENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catamenia mean? 

• CATAMENIA (noun)
  The noun CATAMENIA has 1 sense:

1. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

  Familiarity information: CATAMENIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATAMENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

catamenia; flow; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("catamenia" is a kind of...):

discharge; emission; expelling (any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "catamenia"):

hypermenorrhea; menorrhagia (abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged)

oligomenorrhea (abnormally light or infrequent menstruation)

Derivation:

catamenial (of or relating to menstruation or the menses)