catamenia

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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

In response to his argument the decree against catamenia was accordingly abolished.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Perhaps the venous h�morrhages obey the lunar periods, as the catamenia, and h�morrhoids.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Dunlape reports a case of hemorrhagic diathesis, following suppression of the catamenia, attended by vicarious hemorrhage from the gums, which terminated fatally.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

They have the following custom when they have their catamenia: the wives withdraw from their husbands, or the daughter from her father and mother and other relatives, and go to certain small houses.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)