MENSES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menses mean? 

• MENSES (noun)
  The noun MENSES has 1 sense:

1. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

  Familiarity information: MENSES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENSES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

catamenia; flow; menses; menstruation; menstruum; period

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("menses" is a kind of...):

discharge; emission; expelling (any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "menses"):

hypermenorrhea; menorrhagia (abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged)

oligomenorrhea (abnormally light or infrequent menstruation)

 Context examples 

The age at which permanent cessation of menses occurs.

(Age at Menopause, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by irregular cycle or duration of menses.

(Irregular Menstruation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A disorder characterized by abnormally painful abdominal cramps during menses.

(Dysmenorrhea, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A disorder characterized by the permanent cessation of menses, usually defined by 12 consecutive months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 years of age.

(Menopause, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The permanent cessation of menses, usually defined by 6 to 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 years of age.

(Menopause, NCI Thesaurus)

Onset of menses.

(Menarche, NCI Thesaurus)

In the study, women with surgically treated endometriosis who were generally taking hormones to suppress menses, but who continued to experience pain and had pelvic floor muscle spasm, initially received injections of botulinum toxin or saline as part of a placebo-controlled clinical trial, targeting areas of spasm.

(Scientists identify spasm in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain, National Institutes of Health)