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{ ||Men`o*lo"gi*um (?), Me*nol"o*gy (?), }
n.; pl. L. Menologia (#),
E. Menologies (#). [NL. menologium, fr. Gr.
mh`n month + lo`gos discourse : cf. F.
ménologe.] 1. A register of
months.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of
the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple
remembrance of those whose lives are not written.


Men"o*pause (?), n. [Gr.
mh`n month + &?; to cause to cease. See Menses.]
(Med.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation.
See Change of life, under Change.


{ ||Men`o*po"ma (?), Men"o*pome (?), }
n. [NL. menopoma, fr. Gr. &?; to remain +
&?; lid.] (Zoöl.) The hellbender.


||Men`or*rha"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
mh`n month + &?; to break.] (Med.)
(a) Profuse menstruation.
(b) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus;
Metrorrhagia.


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