catamenia

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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)

Thus it is known who have their catamenia and who have not.

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

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

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)

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