MENOPAUSE

Menopause

Menopause refers to the time of cessation of a woman's reproductive ability. Menopause literally means the "end of monthly cycles", from the Greek word pausis and the root men- . Menopause is an event that typically occurs in women in midlife, during their late 40s or early 50s, and it signals the end of the fertile phase of a woman's life. In addition to being defined by the state of the uterus and the absence of menstrual flow, menopause can also be described as the permanent cessation of the primary functions of the ovaries: the ripening and release of ova and the release of hormones that cause both the creation of the uterine ...

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menopause

Noun

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


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