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preˈmenstrual, a.
[pre- B. 1.]
Occurring before menstruation; premenstrual tension, tension felt prior to menstruation. Also transf.
1885[see postmenstrual a.]. 1928Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 14 Jan. 109/1 With Premenstrual Tension.—This was shown by a considerable group of women and manifesting [sic] itself by extreme nervousness, symptoms of autonomic imbalance, irritability, psychic changes and a feeling of tremendous tension. 1943Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children LXV. 302 The premenstrual state persisted, and fifteen months later the child menstruated. 1954G. I. M. Swyer Reproduction & Sex iv. 43 The ‘premenstrual tension’ of which some women complain. 1970R. Lowell Notebk. 72 Revolution, Drugging her terrible premenstrual cramps, Marches..to storm the city. 1974J. Cooper Women & Super Women 11 Other occupations are..smashing crockery from pre-menstrual tension. 1978F. Weldon Praxis xxii. 203 You're hysterical. I expect you're pre-menstrual.
Hence preˈmenstrually adv.
1931Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry XXVI. 1054 The blood of this patient showed twice the amount of female sex hormone that is normally found premenstrually. 1973J. Zubin Contemp. Sexual Behaviour viii. 160 Mean levels of hostility are highest premenstrually.
▸ premenstrual syndrome n. Med. (originally) any syndrome occurring in women prior to the onset of menstruation; (in later use) spec. a syndrome comprising symptoms such as changeability of mood, irritability, anxiety, changes in appetite, breast tenderness, bloating, and weight gain, which tends to occur regularly in the week before menstruation and to pass with its onset; abbreviated PMS.
1944Q. Cumulative Index Medicus 36 544/1 *Premenstrual syndrome with renal, respiratory and cutaneous manifestations and with hyperthermia. 1964K. Dalton Premenstrual Syndrome i. p. vii, The premenstrual syndrome is the commonest of endocrine disorders. 2002Time 18 Feb. 78/1 PMS relief? Millions of women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome may someday find relief just a spray away. |