sb. pl. Phys. [Gr. καταμήνια menses, properly neut. pl. of καταμήνιος monthly, f. μήν month.] The menstrual discharge.
1754–64. Smellie, Midwif., I. 107. If the Catamenia do not flow at the stated time the patient is soon after seized with the Chlorosis.
1845. G. Day, trans. Simon’s Anim. Chem., I. 271. A woman labouring under suppression of the catamenia.
