catamenia

Example Sentences

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

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

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

Her catamenia were very scant, but this was attributed to her change of life.

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

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)

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)