paramenstruumn.
/ˌparəˈmɛnstrʊəm/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈmɛnstr(əw)əm/, /ˌpɛrəˈmɛnztr(əw)əm/ The part of the menstrual cycle consisting of the last four days before and the first four days of menstruation.
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safe period1900
postmenstruum1910
premenstruum1910
mid-cycle1952
unsafe period1961
paramenstruum1966
rhythm1974
1966 K. Dalton in Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 59 1015/2 Paramenstruum is used in this study for the four days immediately before menstruation and the first four days of menstruation.
1970 Times 30 Sept. 14 Recent studies have shown that in women half of all medical and surgical admissions to hospital occur during the paramenstruum.
1976 Drive Sept. 31/2 The paramenstruum (the four days before menstruation and the first four days of blood-loss).
1991 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 62 331 Women tested during the paramenstruum tended to ascribe their task-induced anxiety to menstrual-cycle events.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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