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men·ses (men′sēz′)

plural noun

the periodic flow of blood and sloughed-off tissue from the uterus, discharged through the genital tract: it normally occurs about every four weeks in a woman who is not pregnant, from menarche to menopause

Etymology: L, pl. of mensis, month: see moon

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