- postmenopausal
- Having to do with the time after menopause. Menopause («change of life») is the time in a woman's life when menstrual periods stop permanently.
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Postmenopausal — After the menopause. Postmenopausal is defined formally as the time after which a woman has experienced twelve (12) consecutive months of amenorrhea (lack of menstruation) a full year without a period. The average length of the postmenopause has… … Medical dictionary
postmenopausal — adjective subsequent to menopause • Pertains to noun: ↑menopause * * * (|) ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: post + menopausal 1. : having undergone menopause postmenopausal women 2. : occurring after menopause … Useful english dictionary
postmenopausal — post|men|o|paus|al [ˌpəustmenəˈpo:zəl US ˌpoustmenəˈpo: ] adj a postmenopausal woman has gone through the ↑menopause (=when she stops having her monthly flow of blood) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Postmenopausal cervical kyphosis — An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the back of the neck. This condition, once thought to be a characteristic deformity of older women, was called a dowager s hump. A dowager was a … Medical dictionary
postmenopausal — adjective Date: 1928 1. having undergone menopause 2. occurring or administered after menopause • postmenopausally adverb • postmenopause noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
postmenopausal — adj. * * * … Universalium
postmenopausal — adjective subsequent to the menopause … Wiktionary
postmenopausal — nach der Menopause … Universal-Lexikon
postmenopausal — post|meno|pau|sa̱l [zu ↑post... u. ↑Menopause]: den Zeitabschnitt nach Beginn der Menopause betreffend, nach der Menopause auftretend … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
postmenopausal — adj. following the cessation of menstrual cycle; following middle age … English contemporary dictionary
postmenopausal — post·menopausal … English syllables
