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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'menarche' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions menarche noun  The onset of menstruation; the beginning of the menstrual period. A girl's first period. 1973: How old is she? Nine? Ten? The is not far off " a hint of a bosom, poor child. " Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise Etymology: First attested w:1900, 1900, from Menarche (w:1895, 1895), formed from Greek "moon", (on the model of post-classical Latin menorrhagia) + Greek "beginning".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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