Part 6961

<hw><hw>Men`o*po"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Men"o*pome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>menopoma</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ to remain + <?/ lid.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The hellbender.</def>

<h1>Menorrhagia</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men`or*rha"gi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ month + <?/ to break.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Profuse menstruation.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.</def>

<h1>Menostasis</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Me*nos"ta*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>mh`n</grk> month + <grk>'istan`nai</grk> to stop.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Stoppage of the mences.</def>

<h1>Menostation</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men`os*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Menostasis</er>.</def>

<h1>Menow</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"ow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A minnow.</def>

<h1>Men-pleaser</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"-pleas`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.</def>

<i>Eph. vi. 6.</i>

<h1>Mensal</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mensalis</ets>, fr. <ets>mensa</ets> table.]</ety> <def>Belonging to the table; transacted at table; <as>as, <ex>mensa</ex> conversation</as>.</def>

<h1>Mensal</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mensis</ets> month.]</ety> <def>Occurring once in a month; monthly.</def>

<h1>Mense</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Mense</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>menske</ets>, AS. <ets>mennisc</ets> human, man. See <er>Man</er>.]</ety> <def>Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Mense"ful</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> -- <wf>Mense"less</wf>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mense</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Mense</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To grace.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Menses</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"ses</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mensis</ets> month, pl. <ets>menses</ets> months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. <er>Month</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.</def>

<h1>Menstrual</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"stru*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>menstrualis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>menstruel</ets>. See <er>Menstruous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; <as>as, the <ex>menstrual</ex> revolution of the moon</as>; pertaining to monthly changes; <as>as, the <ex>menstrual</ex> equation of the sun's place</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the menses; <as>as, <ex>menstrual</ex> discharges; the <ex>menstrual</ex> period.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a menstruum.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Menstruant</h1> <Xpage=912>