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Definition of menses noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

menses

noun
 
/ˈmensiːz/
 
/ˈmensiːz/
(often the menses)
[plural] (specialist)
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  1. the flow of blood each month from a woman’s body
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, plural of mensis ‘month’.
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