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Definition of Menopause

1. Noun. The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends.

Definition of Menopause

1. n. The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change.

Definition of Menopause

1. Noun. The ending of menstruation; the time in a woman's life when this happens. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Menopause

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Menopause

1. Cessation of menstruation in the human female, occurring usually around the age of 50. Origin: Gr. Pausis = cessation This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menopause

Literary usage of Menopause

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1900)
"The Anatomical Basis for the menopause with Lantern Demonstration. BY JOHN G. CLARK, MD [Read and Exhibited March 28,1900.1 In order to determine, ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"This paper describes a multivariate analysis of a 3-year prospective study of the covariates of age at menopause among women who were randomly sampled from ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"The generally accepted statement that the menopause is established at ... Among normal women the age at which the menopause appears varies within wide ..."

4. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"The menopause coming early or late depends apparently upon the delicacy or health and vigor of individuals. There is a popular idea that those who begin ..."

5. A Text-book of Diseases of Women by Charles Bingham Penrose (1908)
"THE menopause. THE menopause is the final cessation of menstruation. ... In the northern countries of Europe the menopause is said to appear later than in ..."

6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"Neuroses of the menopause.—Dr. Savage recently read a paper before the Medical Society of London on some neuroses associated with the menopause. ..."

7. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1910)
"DELAYED menopause: ITS DANGERS AND THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS. ... Of the latter number, in 73, or 48 per cent., the menopause had been delayed beyond the ..."

8. Operative gynecology by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1917)
"A. PAST menopause. I. Past menopause. Uterus about normal size. This subclass includes a large proportion of the cases of severe prolapse. ..."

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