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post-menopause

post-menopause

6.0
The time after a woman's monthly periods stop
  • noun
  • /ˌpoʊstˈmɛnəˌpoʊz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : postmenopausia
  • Post-menopause, she focused on maintaining her physical well-being through a balanced diet and regular exercise.

Change your headset, you know, and the women, it's interesting that they did a big thing about what really influences women's desire post menopause.

Examples

  • As the average lifespan increases for both sexes, more and more women are living over a third of their lives post-menopause.

    Academic text (2015)

  • 3) Hormone replacement past menopause -- some experts recommend progesterone or estrogen even for women who are clearly post-menopause.

    Blog text (13)

  • After reaching fifty, she embraced the changes in her body and began to explore new opportunities in her life post-menopause.

  • Many women find that their health and lifestyle priorities shift significantly during the post-menopause stage.

Antonyms

premenopausal
  • Specialized
1 7.2

About the time before a woman's monthly periods stop

Surface Forms

post-menopause singular
post-menopausess plural

Morphology

post-menopause = menopause (transparent) = post + menopause

The prefix 'post-' meaning 'after' combines with 'menopause' to yield a straightforward temporal meaning that learners familiar with 'menopause' can readily infer.

Etymology

Post-menopause is easy to remember: post- means 'after' and menopause comes from parts meaning 'month' and 'stop'. So, post-menopause is the time 'after' a woman's monthly periods have stopped.