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

Whether it be merely a coincidence I am unable to say, but it is true that the majority of these cases have been in young females just after the establishment of the catamenia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The correspondence of the periods of the catamenia with those of the moon was treated of in Sect.

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

The other did not marry, and although not a dwarf, was under-sized; she had her catamenia every third week.

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