postmenopausal
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- adjective
- /ˌpoʊstˌmɛnəˈpɔzəl/
- Specialized
- Research indicates that postmenopausal women may experience increased risks of developing osteoporosis.
- postmenopausal women
- postmenopausal hormones
- postmenopausal osteoporosis
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Watch on YouTubeSo is pregnant human chorionic gonadotropin, is it purified from postmenopausal women's urine or is it it's synthetic?
- So is pregnant human chorionic gonadotropin, is it purified from postmenopausal women's urine or is it it's synthetic?
- So this is your post peri postmenopausal woman who was either in one of four treatment groups.
- So there are ranges for a postmenopausal female and a premenopausal female and there are rage ranges for young men and older men, right?
- So there are ranges for a postmenopausal female and a premenopausal female and there are range ranges for young men and older men, right?
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A woman can now expect to spend more than one-third of her life in a postmenopausal state.
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There were 103 cases of primary PE in this group, with 55 cases in postmenopausal women.
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And we still saw a really big difference in people's blood sugar control with those that were postmenopausal having far worse blood sugar control.
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Weak evidence supported an association of the highest levels of physical activity with lower postmenopausal breast cancer risk.
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Greater BMI was associated with an increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.
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Our data suggest an increased risk of primary PE with current postmenopausal hormone use.
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One study of women who had no history of occupational exposure found that postmenopausal women had significantly higher BLLs.
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Generally, the antiresorptive drugs are all approved for use in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis.
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Most DXA prescriptions are written for postmenopausal women aged 65 years.
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Obesity, especially abdominal adiposity, is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer 22,23.
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Synonyms
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Relating to the time when a woman's periods stop permanently
Surface Forms
Morphology
postmenopausal = menopausal (transparent) = post + menopausal
The productive prefix 'post-' meaning 'after' attaches to the adjective 'menopausal', so the meaning is readily understood as 'after menopause'.
Etymology
Postmenopausal is made from post- 'after' and menopause, which means the 'stop of monthly periods'. So postmenopausal describes the time in a woman's life 'after' her monthly periods have stopped.