menopause

Word family adjectivemenopausalnounmenopause

Related topics: Human, Medicine

men·o·pause /ˈmenəpɔːz $ -pɒːz/ noun [singular, uncountableU]

HBHMthe time when a woman stops menstruating, which usually happens around the age of 50 〔妇女的〕绝经期，更年期 → male menopause

After the menopause a woman cannot bear a child.

妇女绝经后就不能生育了。

—menopausal /ˌmenəˈpɔːzəl◂ $ -ˈpɒː-/ adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

menopause• My own diagnosis - male menopause with too much of the flesh pots - failed most miserably.• Platelet binding falls after the menopause and rises in women using the Pill.• In the woman, however, adulthood is punctuated by the menopause, which can have a deep psychological effect.• Hormone replacement therapy, the standard treatment for symptoms associated with the menopause, was tried.• I am not an expert, but does that question have something to do with the menopause?• The menopause is an experience which causes many women considerable anxiety.• If one of us goes through menopause, we all suffer a collective hot flash.

Origin menopause

(1800-1900) meno- “menstruation” (from Greek men “month”) + Greek pausis ( → PAUSE2)

单词	menopause
释义	menopause Word family adjectivemenopausalnounmenopause Related topics: Human, Medicine men·o·pause /ˈmenəpɔːz $ -pɒːz/ noun [singular, uncountableU] HBHMthe time when a woman stops menstruating, which usually happens around the age of 50 〔妇女的〕绝经期，更年期 → male menopause After the menopause a woman cannot bear a child. 妇女绝经后就不能生育了。 —menopausal /ˌmenəˈpɔːzəl◂ $ -ˈpɒː-/ adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus menopause• My own diagnosis - male menopause with too much of the flesh pots - failed most miserably.• Platelet binding falls after the menopause and rises in women using the Pill.• In the woman, however, adulthood is punctuated by the menopause, which can have a deep psychological effect.• Hormone replacement therapy, the standard treatment for symptoms associated with the menopause, was tried.• I am not an expert, but does that question have something to do with the menopause?• The menopause is an experience which causes many women considerable anxiety.• If one of us goes through menopause, we all suffer a collective hot flash. Origin menopause (1800-1900) meno- “menstruation” (from Greek men “month”) + Greek pausis ( → PAUSE2)
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