menses

English

Etymology

Latin mensis (“month”), the plural being menses (“months”), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Confer month.

Noun

menses (uncountable)

1. The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus of a female out through her vagina, which occurs roughly every month; menstrual flow.

Related terms

• menstruation
• menstrual cycle
• menarche

Translations

menstrual flow

• Finnish: kuukautisvuoto, kuukautiset (fi)
• French: règles (fr), menstruation (fr)
• Greek: έμμηνα (el) n pl (émmina), καταμήνια n pl (katamínia)

• Italian: mestruazioni (it) f
• Mandarin: 月经 (zh)

References

• menses in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

External links

• Menstrual cycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Menstrual cycle

Anagrams

• mesnes

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Interlingua

Noun

menses

1. plural form of mense

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Latin

Noun

mēnsēs

1. nominative plural of mēnsis
2. accusative plural of mēnsis
3. vocative plural of mēnsis

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

menses m (Cyrillic spelling менсес)

1. (colloquial) menstruation

Synonyms

• katamenije, menstruacija, menga, menoreja, menzes, mjesečnica, perioda, menzes