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premenopausal

premenopausal adjective: having not yet undergone menopause.

Adjective

premenopausal (not comparable)

  1. Having not yet undergone menopause
    • The women were 29 to 46 years old at the beginning of the study in 1993, and 93 percent were premenopausal.2007 April 24, Nicholas Bakalar, “Breast Cancer Not Linked to Abortion, Study Says”, in New York Times

Origin of premenopausal

From pre- + menopausal.

Questions about premenopausal

What does premenopausal mean?
Premenopausal means having not yet undergone menopause.
What part of speech is premenopausal?
Premenopausal is an adjective.

Words near premenopausal in the dictionary

  1. premenarchal
  2. premenarchally
  3. premenarcheal
  4. premenarchial
  5. premeningitic
  6. premenopausal
  7. premenopausally
  8. premenopause
  9. premenstrual
  10. premenstrual dysphoria
  11. premenstrual dysphorias

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