catamenia
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Of course, menstruation before the third or fourth year is extremely rare, most of the cases reported before this age being merely accidental sanguineous discharges from the genitals, not regularly periodical, and not true catamenia.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
She worked in a man's sustained way, ignoring all demands for special development, and essaying first to dis-establish, and then to bridle, the catamenia.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond
Following the operation, there was a regular, painless menstruation every month, at which time the lower part of the wound re-opened, and blood issued forth during the three days of the catamenia.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
I am assured by some persons of credit, that if they are touched, or even approached, by a woman in her catamenia, they infallibly expire.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
In response to his argument the decree against catamenia was accordingly abolished.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
