menses

menses
A periodic physiologic hemorrhage, occurring at approximately 4-week intervals, and having its source from the uterine mucous membrane; usually the bleeding is preceded by ovulation and predecidual changes in the endometrium. SEE ALSO: menstrual cycle. SYN: menstrual period. [L. pl. of mensis, month]

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men·ses 'men-.sēz n pl but sing or pl in constr the menstrual flow

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n.
1. the blood and other materials discharged from the uterus at menstruation.

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men·ses (menґsēz) [L., pl. of mensis month] the monthly flow of blood from the genital tract of women; see menstruation.

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  • Menses — Men ses, n. pl. [L. mensis month, pl. menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. {Month}.] (Med.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • menses — monthly discharge of blood from the uterus, 1590s, from L. menses, plural of mensis month (see MOON (Cf. moon) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Menses — (lat., Mehrzahl von Mensis), 1) Monate; so M. papāles, päpstliche Monate, das Recht des Papstes Beneficien zu besetzen, welche in bestimmten Monaten zur Erledigung kommen, im Gegensatz zu: M. episcopāles u. regĭi, wo Bischöfe u. weltliche Fürsten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Menses — (lat.), Monate; Menstruation. M. apostolici oder papales, »die apostolischen oder päpstlichen Monate«, das vom Kaiser Friedrich III. im Wiener Konkordat dem Papst zugestandene Recht, die in bestimmten Monaten (Januar, März, Mai, Juli, September… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Menses — (lat., Mehrzahl von Mensis), Monate, Menstruation (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Menses — Menses(Pl):⇨Menstruation …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • menses — mènses (mènzes) m DEFINICIJA razg., v. menstruacija ETIMOLOGIJA vidi menstruacija …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • menses — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ blood discharged from the uterus at menstruation. ORIGIN Latin, plural of mensis month …   English terms dictionary

  • menses — [men′sēz΄] pl.n. [L, pl. of mensis, month: see MOON] the periodic flow of blood and sloughed off tissue from the uterus, discharged through the genital tract: it normally occurs about every four weeks in a woman who is not pregnant, from menarche …   English World dictionary

  • Menses — Monatsblutung; Zyklus; Tage (umgangssprachlich); Menstruation; Periode; Regelblutung; Regel (umgangssprachlich) * * * Mẹn|ses 〈[ se:s] Pl.〉 = Menstruation [lat. mensis, Pl. menses „Monat“] …   Universal-Lexikon

  • menses — /men seez/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Physiol. the periodic flow of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus; menstrual flow. [1590 1600; < L menses, pl. of MENSIS month] * * * …   Universalium

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