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courses
phrase[ plural ] old use
the bleeding from a woman's uterus(= the organ in the body in which a baby develops before birth) that happens about once a month when she is not pregnant:
Her courses ceased and she knew that she was with child.
She took a heated brick to bed with her when she had her courses.
Her ladies-in-waiting kept careful track of when the queen had her courses.
That spring, she had begun her monthly courses.
See also
coursenoun(BLOOD)
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