Meanings
adverbmenopausally (not comparable)
- not comparableIn terms of, or by means of, the menopause.
An older woman in our culture runs a high risk of being a poor woman and of being perceived as a menopausally damaged woman.
1993, Joan C. Callahan, Menopause: A Midlife Passage, page 601 more example
Given the cluster of syndromes that occur menopausally, effects of new SERMs on cognition and affect becomes increasingly urgent.
1996, James A. Bristol, Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry: Volume 31, page 15
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
- Proto-Hellenic*méns
- Ancient Greekμήν (mḗn)
- Frenchméno-
- Ancient Greekπαύω (paúō)
- Ancient Greekπαῦσις (paûsis)
- Latinpausa
- Frenchménopause
- Englishmenopause
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmenopausal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishmenopausally
From menopausal + -ly.
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