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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The monthly flow of blood and cellular debris from the uterus that begins at puberty in women and the females of other primates. In women, menses ceases at menopause. Also called catamenia.

[Latin mēnsēs, pl. of mēnsis, month.]

(mens)

noun
Propriety, decorum.

verb tr.
To adorn, grace.

Etymology
From Middle English menske (honor), from Old Norse mennska (humanity).

Usage
"Auld Vandal! ye but show your little mense, Just much about it wi' your scanty sense: Will your poor, narrow foot-path of a street, Where twa wheel-barrows tremble when they meet." — Robert Burns, The Brigs Of Ayr, 1787. These lines are from a poem Burns wrote about a dialog between two bridges when the construction of a new bridge began over the Ayr in Scotland in 1786. The Auld Brig retorts to the above mocking by New Brig that one shouldn't get carried away in vanity and pride: "I'll be a brig when ye're a shapeless cairn!" — The poet's words proved prophetic when in the 1877 flood the New Brig collapsed into a heap of stones while the Auld Brig still stands. You can read the complete poem at: http://bartleby.com/6/133.html -Anu

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - menstruation

Nederlands (Dutch)
menstruatie, bloed etc. afgescheiden bij menstruatie

Français (French)
n. pl. - (Méd) menstruations

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Menses

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσιολ.) έμμηνα

Italiano (Italian)
mestruazioni

Português (Portuguese)
n. - menstruação (f)
n. pl. - regras menstruais (f pl)

Русский (Russian)
менструация

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - menstruación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - menstruation
n. pl. - menstruation

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
月经

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 月經

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 월경

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 月経

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حيض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮וסת, אורח נשים, מחזור‬

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