catamenial

1. 1.

   of or relating to menstruation or the menses

   “menstrual period”

   Synonymsmenstrual

Questions about catamenial

What does catamenial mean?

catamenial means "of or relating to menstruation or the menses".

How many syllables are in catamenial?

catamenial has 5 syllables: ca-ta-me-ni-al. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for catamenial?

Close synonyms include menstrual. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catamenial a common word?

catamenial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.