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noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; ; --Hippocrates; --Aristotle
originFrom Latin mēnsis (“month”), the plural being mēnsēs (“months”), corresponding to the approximately month-long span of the menstrual cycle. Compare month.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0