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menopause

menopause

62 5.2
A time in a woman's life when monthly bleeding permanently stops and she can no longer become pregnant
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛnəˌpoʊz/
translation icon : menopausia
  • After menopause, women no longer have regular menstrual cycles.
  • age at menopause
  • natural menopause
  • early menopause

And a lot of women during menopause have crippling anxiety.

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Examples

  • The average age for a woman to reach menopause is around 51 years.

  • And a lot of women during menopause have crippling anxiety.

  • And that time is known as the menopause transition.

  • Tim, should people drink milk during menopause to protect their bones?

  • For women, it might be menopause or pregnancy or some kind of stress event.

  • "Some women going through menopause experience a decrease in their level of sexual desire."

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Employers can help by communicating to their workforce that health-related problems such as the menopause are "normal."

    Academic text (2015)
  • Factors that may contribute to an earlier menopause include nulliparity and hysterectomy.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Most preventive efforts have targeted women in the years surrounding and after menopause when bone loss accelerates.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Many women experience various symptoms during menopause, such as hot flashes and mood changes.

Synonyms

change of life
vsmenopause
1 4.8

The time when a woman stops having periods and cannot have children

is the standard clinical term rather than a casual phrase
climacteric
vsmenopause
  • Formal
9.7

The time in a woman's life when her periods stop, often in middle age

is the common neutral term rather than medical jargon

Compounds

post-menopause
  • Specialized
6.0

The time after a woman's monthly periods stop

How Close

menopause
62 5.2
premenopausal
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Surface Forms

menopause singular
menopauses plural

Morphology

menopause = pause (semi-transparent) = meno + pause

The element 'pause' is clear but the combining form 'meno-' (relating to menstruation/month) is not familiar to average learners, making the overall meaning partly inferable.

Etymology

The word menopause comes from Greek and French parts: Greek mēn meaning 'month' and pause meaning 'stop', so it literally means the 'stop of the monthly' and that is why it names the time when a woman's monthly periods end.