||Cat`a*me"nia (kăt`&adot;*mē"n&ibreve;*&adot;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ta` katamh`nia.] (Med.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.
Cat`a*me"ni*al (-al), a. [Gr. katamh`nios monthly; kata` down, back, again + mh`n month.] Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.
Cat"a*mite (kăt"&adot;*mīt), n. [L. Catamitus, an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Gr. Ganymh`dhs.] A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
Cat"a*mount (-mount), n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato montes mountain cat.] (Zo÷l.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.
Cat"a*nad`ro*mous (?), a. [Gr. kata` down + 'ana` up + dro`mos running, course.] (Zo÷l.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous. [R.]
Cat"a*pasm (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to besprinkle; kata` down, wholly + &?; to strew, or sprinkle.] (Med.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison.
Cat`a*pel"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a catapult.
Cat`a*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. cata + petalous.] (Bot.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.
Cat`a*phon"ic (?), a. Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
Cat`a*phon"ics (?), n. [Pref. cata + phonic: cf. F. cataphonique.] (Physics) That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics.
Cat"a*phract (k&act;t"&ador;*frăkt), n. [L. cataphractes, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; covered, fr. &?; to cover; kata` down, wholly + fra`ssein to inclose.] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.