menses

From Latin mēnsis (“month”), the plural being mēnsēs (“months”), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Compare month.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.siːz/

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menses pl (plural only)

1. The discharge of blood and cellular tissue that flows from the inner lining of the uterus out through the vagina, occurring typically once a month in uninseminated women; a menstrual flow.

• See Thesaurus:menstruation.

• “menses”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• meness, mesnes

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃s/

menses f

1. plural of mense

menses

1. plural of mense

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmẽː.seːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛn.ses]

mēnsēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mēnsis

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mènses m inan (Cyrillic spelling мѐнсес)

1. (colloquial) menstruation

   Synonyms: kataménije, menstruácija, mȅnga, menoréja, mènzes, mjȅsečnica, perióda

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