perimenopause

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• climacteric

Origin

• peri- + menopause