Definition of Catamenial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to menstruation or the menses. "Menstrual period"

Exact synonyms: Menstrual
Derivative terms: Catamenia
Partainyms: Menstruation

Definition of Catamenial

1. a. Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.

Definition of Catamenial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the menses or menstruation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catamenial

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Catamenial

1. Relating to the menses. Synonym: catamenial, emmenic. Origin: L. Menstrualis (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catamenial

catalytic model
catalytic reformer
catalytic site
catalytically
catalyzation
catalyze
catalyzed
catalyzer
catalyzers
catalyzes
catalyzing
catamaran
catamarans
catamarcaite
catamenial pneumothorax
catamites
catamitism
catamnesis
catamnestic
catamorphism
catamorphisms
catamount
catamountain
catamounts
catanadromous
catananche

Literary usage of Catamenial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical treatise on the diseases peculiar to women by Samuel Ashwell (1855)
"Nor must it be forgotten that conception does occasionally occur when the process of catamenial cessation seems to be nearly complete. ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1829)
"The medicine was increased to four times a day, at the beginning of the ensuing catamenial period. The discharge was evidently checked. ..."

3. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"MICROSCOPICAL STUDIES ON THE catamenial DECIDUA. BY JEANNETTE B. GREENE, MD, NEW-YORK.* At the present time, it is agreed by all histologists that no new ..."

4. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery edited by Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell (1844)
"In the same number of the New York Journal we find a report of several cases in which the catamenial discharge was suppressed by the use of opium. ..."

5. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1879)
"... not rc!ip|N>ar until the child, having quite recovered, attempted to take the breast." Modification of Milk by the catamenial Function and Pregnancy. ..."

6. On uterine and ovarian inflammation, and on the physiology and diseases of by Edward John Tilt (1862)
"catamenial leucorrhoea, or an increased amount of mucous discharge from the vagina, ... catamenial leucorrhoea preceded only in . 2 „ catamenial leucorrhoea ..."

7. On the diseases, injuries, and malformations of the rectum and anus: With by Thomas John Ashton (1860)
"Internal piles ; catamenial and hemorrhoidal flux alternating; ... Sometimes at the catamenial period profuse hemorrhage occurred from the rectum, ..."

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