See Also: menoschesis(medicine)
foray(1)(dictionary)
foray(2)(dictionary)
foray(dictionary)

foray(1) (iou) and menoschesis (medicine)


foray(1) (iou)



foray noun. LME.
[Prob. from the verb.]
A hostile or predatory incursion; a raid; gen. an (adventurous) expedition. LME.
D. Lessing They make frequent forays southwards to raid and plunder crops and livestock. A. Powell Occasional forays into upper-crust life, spending a weekend at some country house.
Plunder, prey. LME-L16.
The advance guard of an army. LME-L16.

menoschesis (medicine)


menoschesis
Suppression of menstruation.

Origin: meno-+ G. Schesis, retention