catamenia
5 synonyms for catamenia, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (medical) A woman's monthly menstrual bleeding.
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Etymology
Catamenia comes from New Latin catamenia, from Ancient Greek καταμήνια (katamḗnia), the neuter plural of καταμήνιος (katamḗnios, “monthly”), formed from κατά (katá) and μήν (mḗn, “month”). It is first recorded in 1750.
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