different between menarche vs menses

English

Etymology

First attested 1900, from German Menarche, formed from New Latin meno- (“menstruation”), from Attic Greek ??? (m?n, “month”) + Ancient Greek ???? (arkh?, “beginning”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??n??ki/

Noun

menarche (plural menarches)

1. The onset of menstruation; a girl's first period.

   Synonym: menophania

   Antonym: menopause

   Coordinate terms: spermarche, thelarche

   • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:

     How old is she? Nine? Ten? The menarche is not far off – a hint of a bosom, poor child.

   • 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 252:

     The most potent and indeed dangerous of all menstrual blood was the menarche, the first day's flow of the first menstruation of a virgin girl.

Translations

Further reading

• menarche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin m?nsis (“month”), the plural being m?ns?s (“months”), corresponding to the monthly courses of women. Confer month.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?men.si?z/

Noun

menses pl (plural only)

1. The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.

Related terms

• menstruation
• menstrual cycle
• menarche

Translations

References

• menses in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Menstrual cycle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• meness, mesnes

French

Noun

menses f

1. plural of mense

Interlingua

Noun

menses

1. plural of mense

Latin

Noun

m?ns?s

1. nominative plural of m?nsis
2. accusative plural of m?nsis
3. vocative plural of m?nsis

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

mènses m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (colloquial) menstruation

   Synonyms: kataménije, menstruácija, m?nga, menoréja, mènzes, mj?se?nica, perióda

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