perimenopause en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Hellenic *méns Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn) French méno- Ancient Greek παύω (paúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der. Latin pausabor. French -pause French ménopause English menopause English perimenopause From peri- (“near”) + menopause. The term has been in use since at least 1931, when it was used in Joseph Bolivar De Lee and Jacob Pearl Greenhill's book, Obstetrics: Gynecology.
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(uncountable) The physiological stage that women approaching menopause go through when, due to hormonal changes, they progress from their usual pattern of menstruation through a phase of atypical menstruation, and finally cease menstruating. Perimenopause ends when a woman has not menstruated for a year.
She noted that it is also more common while women are nursing or during perimenopause, and that certain medications, including some forms of birth control, can decrease lubrication.
2023 October 15, Catherine Pearson, “8 Sex Myths That Experts Wish Would Go Away”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:Researchers at eight locations across the United States plan to examine the safety and effectiveness of estrogen therapy during perimenopause, the few years just prior to menopause.
2008 March 24, Robert Preidt, “Study to Assess Hormone Therapy Before Menopause”, in ABC News:The scientific study of perimenopause has been going on for decades, and the cultural discussion of this mind and body shift has reached something of a new fever pitch, with several books on the subject coming out this spring and a gaggle of “femtech” companies vowing to disrupt perimenopause.
2021 April 29, Jessica Grose, “Why Is Perimenopause Still Such a Mystery?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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fi esivaihdevuodet (physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause) · pt perimenopausa (physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause) · cmn 圍絕經期 /围绝经期 (physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause) · pl perimenopauza (physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause) · fr périménopause (physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause) · fi perimenopaussi (physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause)