MENSTRUATION

n. Men-stru!1-a's hu3n. Lat.. menstrvatio. Fr., m., Eruption des regies. Ger., M., Monatsblutflu , Mon ats rein i gung. It., mestruazione. Sp., menstrua cion. A periodical congestion of the generative organs of the human female during the years intervening between the attainment of perfection by those organs at puberty and their decline at the "change of life," usually occurring once in every four weeks (except during pregnancy and lactation) and accompanied by a discharge of blood from the uterus, together with certain changes in the mucous membrane lining that organ. Ectopic m., M. device (Fr.). See Vicarious m. M's befordernd (Ger.). See EMMENAGOGUE. M's ende (Ger.). See MENOPAUSE. M's lehre (Ger.). See EMMENOLOGY. M's verhaltung(Ger.). See IS CHO MEN I A. Metrorrhagic m. See MENORRHAGIA. Serotine m. Lat., menstruatio serotiita. M. after the age at which the function commonly ceases. Supernumerary in. Fr., regies mil-numeraires. A term for certain phenomena which take place in some women at about the middle of a menstrual interval, supposed to be_ indicative of utero-ovarian congestion, and sometimes accompanied by a slight flow of blood. [A, 15.] Supplementary ni. Fr., regies supplement a ires. An incomplete form of vicarious m. in which the abnormal haemorrhage is accompanied by a very slight menstrual flow. [A. 15.] Vicarious m. Lat., para men i a error is. menstruatio vicaria. Fr., m. com pens at rice. m. device, m. ectopiqtie. Ger., vHeariirende M. A htemorrhage from some other part than the genital tract, due to the menstrual effort and unaccompanied by any true menstrual discharge. The term is occasionally applied to vicarious discharges that are not bloody (e. g., a flow of milk from the mammary gland). Cf. Supple men tary m. [s. 744]