menarche
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- noun
- /ˈmɛnɑrki/
- Specialized
- The only new information I got was that my mother had been rather late in reaching menarche.
- age at menarche
- year of menarche
- reach menarche
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Watch on YouTubeAnd those who had less fat would have menarche later, more fat would have it earlier.
- And those who had less fat would have menarche later, more fat would have it earlier.
Examples
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No association was found between breast cancer incidence and the level of education or age at menarche.
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And those who had less fat would have menarche later, more fat would have it earlier.
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The only significant effect on the age of menarche was among those who reported eating disorders.
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The traumatic but natural event of menarche moves the girl from being a child to a potential mother.
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Inadequate energy and delayed menarche were also widespread in this particular sample.
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More than 80% of the subjects reported their age of menarche within one year of its actual occurrence.
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Primary dysmenorrhea, painful menstruation in the absence of detectable pelvic pathology, generally starts a year or so after menarche, once ovulatory cycles are established.
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The average age of menarche has fallen to twelve in Western industrialized nations.
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Today, most girls experience menarche around the age of twelve and a half.
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Recent studies show that a girl's menarche can be influenced by various environmental factors.
Surface Forms
Morphology
menarche = men + arche
The components 'men' and 'arche' are not recognizable English morphemes, making the word opaque to learners.
Etymology
Menarche comes from two Greek parts: men- meaning 'month' or 'monthly bleeding', as in menstrual, and -arche meaning 'beginning'. So menarche is the 'beginning of monthly bleeding', the first time a girl has her period.