menopausal

English

Etymology

From menopause +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

menopausal (not comparable)

1. Of, or pertaining to the menopause.
2. (of a woman) Presently experiencing or having previously experienced menopause.
   • 2023 November 29, Charles Hymas, “Menopausal female offenders could be spared jail under new sentencing guidelines”, in The Telegraph‎:

     And in March last year, 62-year-old Sue Williams scratched eight cars belonging to strangers in her hometown of Sevenoaks, Kent, causing at least £8,000 worth of damage. Last month her lawyer told Medway Magistrates’ Court that Ms Williams had been menopausal at the time.

Synonyms

• estropausal

Derived terms

• menopausally
• menotropin
• nonmenopausal
• perimenopausal
• postmenopausal
• premenopausal
• transmenopausal

Translations

of or pertaining to menopause

Bikol Central: langday Catalan: menopàusic Finnish: menopausaalinen Polish: menopauzalny Spanish: menopáusico