catamenia
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Has not your lady, may I ask, heretofore at the period of the catamenia, suffered, if indeed not from anaemia, then necessarily from plethora?
From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
In response to his argument the decree against catamenia was accordingly abolished.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala 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
She was then sufficiently well-developed, and had a good color; all the functions appeared to act normally, and the catamenia were fairly established.
From Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls by Clarke, Edward Hammond
He says also that the catamenia generally appears about the time they are expected, or later, and very seldom earlier.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various