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premenoˈpausal, a. Med.
[pre- B. 1.]
Of or pertaining to the years preceding the menopause.
1939Jrnl. Clin. Investigation XVIII. 177/2 The pitutaries from premenopausal individuals were low in gonadotropic potency. 1944Jrnl. Clin. Endocrinol. IV. 577/1 While anovulatory cycles may occur at any age, it seems certain that they are far more common in the premenopausal years than they are in younger women. 1956C. F. Fluhmann Managem. Menstrual Disorders xxv. 322 A series of 173 hospital patients over forty years of age with various types of abnormal uterine bleeding are illustrative of the ‘premenopausal’ period. 1975Lancet 5 July 7/2, 6 women were premenopausal, with ages ranging from thirty-two to forty-four years.
So preˈmenopause, the stage of a woman's life immediately preceding the menopause.
1941Mazer & Israel Diagn. & Treatm. Menstrual Disorders xxi. 308 A number of clinicians reported favorably on the use of testosterone propionate in cases of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, especially that of the premenopause. 1957Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. LXXIII. 985 Since the average age of menopause in the American white woman is 46, it appears that age 40 would be the beginning of the premenopause. 1968R. W. Kistner in Astwood & Cassidy Clin. Endocrinol. II. vi. ix. 697 Effective treatment of the premenopause should..produce regular, but not excessive, uterine bleeding. |