Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the years of a woman's life before the onset of menopause.
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- adjective medicine Having not yet undergone
menopause
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- adjective prior to menopause
Etymologies
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Examples
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Compounding these problems, missed cancers are common in premenopausal women due to the density of their breasts.
Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010
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Moreover, mammograms can miss cancers in premenopausal women due to the density of their breasts, and also fail to detect cancers smaller than half an inch.
Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010
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Compounding these problems, missed cancers are common in premenopausal women due to the density of their breasts.
Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010
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Again, exceptions are often made in premenopausal women with early stage uterine cancers, and some of these women are being treated hormonally rather than with surgery.
Ovaries - If they're Normal, Leave them Alone aka TBTAM 2009
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Moreover, mammograms can miss cancers in premenopausal women due to the density of their breasts, and also fail to detect cancers smaller than half an inch.
Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010
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Sixty-seven percent of women included in the sleep study were classified as premenopausal (no change in menstrual bleeding regularity) and early perimenopasual (menses in the preceding three months with an increase in bleeding irregularity), 21 percent were identified as late perimenopasual (menses in the previous 12 months, but not in the previous three months), and
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The minute I turned fifty, doctors started hawking the premenopausal hormones right away.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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It is recommended that both men and premenopausal women get at least 1,000 milligrams.
The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
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Still denied by the ACS is clear evidence that premenopausal mammography poses significant risks of breast cancer.
Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010
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The minute I turned fifty, doctors started hawking the premenopausal hormones right away.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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