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the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females
the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped
How To Use catamenia In A Sentence
- The mechanisms on catamenial epilepsy show that ovarian steroid hormones not only regulate reproductive behavior but also exert short-term and long'-term effects on the brain.
- By chance, while working as an English teacher I also have a degree in English I discovered other women were suffering from what is termed catamenial epilepsy, seizures caused by the menstrual cycle. Jo Ann Greenwald: The Story of Emily's Edibles
- The last described form of dysmenorrhœa is sometimes attended with spasmodic contraction of the _os uteri_, thus preventing the catamenial flow. A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication
- the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females
- Females exposed to cold or undergoing powerful excitements, experience a suppression of the catamenia.
- Emmenagogues are remedies which have the property of exciting the catamenial flow; ecbolics, or abortives, are drugs which excite contraction of the uterus, and are supposed to have the power of expelling its contents. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
- After delivery, the lochia continue to flow for a longer time than the true catamenia.
- Lie thou down with me on thy own bed, after the catamenial bath, on the night of the eighth or the fourteenth day of the moon. ' The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
- The deficiency of the catamenia in these cases may be looked upon as incurable.
- Girls rarely conceive before the catamenia appear.
