mensis
- noun
- /ˈmɛn.sɪs/
- Specialized
- In women, the mensis can often be accompanied by various physical and emotional symptoms.
Examples
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The result of this successful exercise of "academic independence" was an increased controversy on these matters within the Faculty itself, which culminated in the denunciation of seven propositions at the prima mensis of July 1649.
Academic text (1992) -
The general assemblies that statutorily took place on the first working day of each month, the prima mensis, reflected well this conception of corporate responsibility.
Academic text (1992) -
The doctor explained that a normal mensis typically lasts about 28 days.
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Scientists studied the hormonal changes that occur during each mensis cycle.
Synonyms
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1.0
A period of about four weeks or one of the twelve parts of the year
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3.5
Monthly bleeding from the womb in women between puberty and menopause
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6.8
The time when a woman has her monthly period
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4.1
Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women after puberty
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3.4
A natural monthly change in a woman's body that prepares for pregnancy
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6.8
Monthly bleeding from the womb that happens in women who can have children
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3.9
Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period
Monthly flow of blood from a woman's uterus during the years when she can have children
A monthly flow of blood from a woman's womb
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mensis is the old Latin word for 'month' and it gave us English words like menses and menstrual. So in medical use mensis refers to a regular, monthly cycle, the 'menstrual' cycle.