Meanings
adjectivepremenopausal (not comparable)
- not comparablemedicineHaving 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- 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
- Englishpremenopausal
From pre- + menopausal.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
premenopausal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premenopausal
MLA
“premenopausal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premenopausal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premenopausal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premenopausal.
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