menarche

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A woman's personal hormonal history -- age of menarche, and menopause, childbearing and breast feeding reflect estrogen exposure can be as important as family history when looking into breast cancer.

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  • To her great dismay, Lucia is experiencing menarche, a rarity among the young women who make up the rank and file of the Order. —  Asimov's Science Fiction
  • She pointed out that Pattycake was almost as old as J.A., that it was nothing but play as Pattycake had had her four-year sterilization after menarche, and that, in any event, Pattycake had been on top. \par —  Time Enough For Love
  • Baby Helen wasn't such a baby any longer-hadn't reached menarche, but as near as I could tell it would be any day, any day. \par —  Time Enough For Love
  • She announced that when little Helen achieved menarche, we would declare a holiday and have a party, with Helen as guest of honor. —  Time Enough For Love
  • A woman's personal hormonal history -- age of menarche, and menopause, childbearing and breast feeding reflect estrogen exposure can be as important as family history when looking into breast cancer. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
 

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  1. men(o)- + Greek arkhē, beginning (from arkhein, to begin).
 

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