(n. pl.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Extrapolation of gestational age from early crown-rump lengths (CRLs) has been difficult because previously established tables of CRL versus gestational age have contained few measurements at less than seven to eight weeks from the first day of the last menses.
(2) Menses resumed in all 6 women 7 to 41 days after the injection, galactorrhea disappeared in all 4 patients, and libido and potency become normal in both men with microprolactinomas.
(3) All eight girls with menarche before therapy had no further menses.
(4) We obtained blood samples from 88 women 45-58 yr old who were having cyclic menses every 1-2 mth (37 women, 133 samples) or were amenorrheic for greater than 3 mth (51 women, 310 samples).
(5) Women stopped using these 2 methods mainly because of the desire for a future pregnancy, menstrual spotting, and absence of menses.
(6) Users of the minipills often reported irregular menses.
(7) With corticosteroid therapy, the percentage decreased to 2 percent and menses resumed after secondary amenorrhea of two years' duration.
(8) These errors include losses of food on cooking and eating utensils and dishware, losses of feces or urine on toilet paper or in collection containers, and losses through sweat, exfoliated skin, hair and nail growth, saliva, menses, blood sampling, toothbrushing, semen, and, for nitrogen, from flatus and respiration.
(9) During both menses and the premenstrual week of the low fat dietary period there were significant decreases in self-reported symptoms associated with water retention.
(10) It has been used traditionally to treat bronchitis and to induce abortion and menses, but was only recognized as a male antifertility agent in the 1970s.
(11) Studies on the mechanism of action of Mifepristone as a luteolytic have shown that menses will occur even if exogenous hCG is given to sustain progesterone levels.
(12) After 8 months, she continued to experience normal menses.
(13) The complement of protected time--viz., "ovulatory age," the period between menarche and diagnosis of ovarian cancer (or cessation of menses) minus "protected time"--was strongly related to risk of ovarian cancer.
(14) The midluteal phase, characterized by high levels of estradiol and progesterone, was associated with improved performance on tests of speeded motor coordination and impaired performance on a perceptual-spatial test, relative to performance during menses.
(15) Mean CA-125 levels were significantly increased in both groups during menses.
(16) We conclude that inconsistent findings on the effect of menopausal status in the association of breast cancer with some reproductive factors are partly due to statistical imprecision and differential misclassification bias associated with different age-based or menses-based definitions of menopause.
(17) The magnitude of the variation was not affected by whether the biopsy specimen was obtained in the mid or late luteal phase, the degree of lag between the dating and subsequent menses, or the presence of an LPD.
(18) On day 5 after the onset of induced menses, all women had baseline blood samples obtained at 10-minute intervals for 4 hours.
(19) A 13-year-old girl with signs and symptoms of an acute abdomen was found to have uterus didelphys, unilateral hematocolpos, ipsilateral renal agenesis and menses.
(20) 24 women received 400 mg of RU 486 and the remaining 115 women received 600 mg on the day before the expected menses.
Menstrual
Definition:
(a.) Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a menstruum.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was no significant difference in sialic acid concentration in the uterus during the proliferative and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle.
(2) The degree of discomfort was slightly greater in women who complained of breast tenderness within three days prior to the mammogram but was not strongly related to age, menstrual status, or week of the menstrual cycle.
(3) Because there were no interactions of time and type of migraine in either study, these results raise some questions about the existence of differential effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatment of menstrual vs non-menstrual migraine.
(4) Plasma oestradiol concentrations remained unaltered at the lower limit of the early follicular phase values of a normal menstrual cycle.
(5) Compared to socially dominant females, socially subordinate females had fewer ovulatory menstrual cycles, more cycles with deficient luteal phase plasma progesterone concentrations, increased adrenal weights and increased heart weights.
(6) Heparin-like activity increased throughout the menstrual cycle and decreased during menstruation, suggesting a possible cyclical variation in activity.
(7) Quantitative variation of the lysosomes in the epithelium of the human uterine tube in the menstrual cycle and in post-menopausal period.
(8) Treatment and prevention of menstrual disorders of women at high altitudes could be carried out by invigorating Qi, regulating blood, promoting the flow of Qi, by warming the channel and regulating Zang and Fu, etc.
(9) 12-HETE and PGF2alpha were the main metabolites of arachidonic acid in menstrual blood, in pain some metabolites were higher, and OCs reduced eicosanoid excretion significantly.
(10) The results of natural PGs and their analogues by systemic and intrauterine administration for the purposes of postcoital contraception, menstrual regulation, first and second trimester abortion, preoperative dilatation of the cervix, and delivery of patients with death in utero are presented.
(11) The physical, psychological, and behavioral changes associated with the menstrual cycle can be assessed statistically by time series analysis.
(12) Acute exercise may stimulate PRL secretion, which, in turn, may contribute to exercise-associated menstrual dysfunction.
(13) Peripheral skin circulation varied significantly within one menstrual cycle.
(14) After cessation her previously regular menstrual periods became very irregular and complete amenorrhea had lasted 4 months.
(15) The effects of menstrual cycle phases and gender on alprazolam pharmacokinetics were evaluated in normal volunteers.
(16) The placenta was demonstrated to increase in thickness with advancing menstrual age.
(17) A detailed menstrual history 18-36 months after operation found 73 of the 93 had regular periods with amount of bleeding and length of cycle generally unchanged.
(18) Repeated laparoscopy in the same animal throughout the menstrual cycle showed by morphological and hormonal criteria that this technique does not significantly influence follicular growth, ovulation, luteal function or cycle length.
(19) The endocrine pattern and ovarian characteristics of 110 healthy adolescents with menstrual irregularities were investigated during the early follicular and premenstrual phases and were compared to those of 14 adolescents with regular menstrual cycles and 20 adults.
(20) They were till now used mainly to regulate contraception and menstrual flow.