- menostasis
- ‖ menostasis Path.
(mɪˈnɒstəsɪs)[mod.L., f. Gr. µηνο-, µήν month + στάσις standing.]a. The suppression or retention of the menses. b. The acute pain preceding the menses in some women (Dunglison 1855). Hence menoˈstatic a., pertaining to menostasis.Hooper's Med. Dict. (ed. 7). in Mayne Expos. Lex.; and in mod. Dicts.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.