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catamenial

catamenial

1 9.9
Relating to a woman's monthly period
  • adjective
  • /ˌkætəˈmiːniəl/
  • Specialized
: catamenial
  • She keeps a diary to track her catamenial cycles and symptoms each month.

Examples

  • Some women experience mood swings that are related to catamenial changes in their bodies.

  • The satyrosaurian sybaritic heterosapien male, the type you short-haired catamenial braburners can see coming a mile away.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The doctor explained that catamenial cramps can be quite painful for many women.

Synonyms

menstrual
vscatamenial
26 4.0

Relating to the monthly bleeding some women have from the womb

is about the same bodily cycle without the animal detail
menstruous
vscatamenial
  • Archaic
1 9.9

About a woman's monthly period

is the modern commonly used term for the same relation

Surface Forms

catamenial positive

Morphology

catamenial = catamenia (opaque) = catamenia + al

The adjective is built with the regular suffix -al, but the base catamenia is a learned technical word, so the meaning is not readily recoverable for most learners.

Etymology

The word catamenial comes from Greek roots meaning 'down' (kata-) and 'month', similar to the idea in menstrual and menses. So, catamenial describes something that happens with the menstrual period.