different between perimenopause vs menopause

English

Etymology

peri- (“near”) +? menopause

Noun

perimenopause (uncountable)

1. 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.

Usage notes

• 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

Synonyms

• climacteric

Derived terms

• perimenopausal

Translations

References

• De Lee, Joseph Bolivar, and Greenhill, Jacob Pearl, 1931, Obstetrics: Gynecology. Year Book Publishers. ?ISBN
• Djordjevi?, Svetolik P., 2004, Dictionary of medicine: French-English with English-French glossary. Schreiber Publishers.
• Finn, Martha, and Bowyer, Lucy, 2005, Women's Health: A Core Curriculum. Elsevier: Australia. ?ISBN
• Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Accessed 6 Dec 2009. >peri-
• Preidt, Robert, 2009, 'Study to Assess Hormone Therapy Before Menopause', ABC News, Mar. 23 2009. [3]
• Santoro, Nanette, and Goldstein, Steven R., (eds.), 2002, Textbook of perimenopausal gynecology. Informa Health Care. ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek ??? (m?n, “month”) + ?????? (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- +? -pause.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?p??z/, /?m?no?p??z/

Noun

menopause (countable and uncountable, plural menopauses)

1. The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
2. The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.

Synonyms

• estropause

Antonyms

• menarche

Translations

References

• menopause at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Noun

menopause f

1. plural of menopausa