postmenopausal

adjective

post·​men·​o·​paus·​al ˌpōs(t)-ˌme-nə-ˈpȯ-zəl How to pronounce postmenopausal (audio)
-ˌmē-
1
: having undergone menopause
2
: occurring or administered after menopause
postmenopausally adverb
postmenopause noun

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Study Looked at More Than 100,000 Women For the new study, researchers examined data on about 47,000 postmenopausal women who had used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and roughly 70,000 who had not. Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2024 Many postmenopausal women take supplements to reduce fractures, but in 2018 the task force found vitamin D combined with calcium had no effect on the incidence of fractures in postmenopausal women. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 June 2022 But despite their deliberate and extensive efforts to provide inclusive data, the SWAN scientists recently noticed that some women had still been left out: many postmenopausal people who volunteered for the study—particularly those who were Black and Hispanic—had inadvertently been excluded. Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 29 June 2023 In Takotsubo syndrome, 90% of affected patients are postmenopausal women, many of whom have previously been diagnosed with mood disorders or brain diseases, including strokes. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for postmenopausal 

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of postmenopausal was in 1928

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“Postmenopausal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmenopausal. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

postmenopausal

adjective
post·​meno·​paus·​al -ˌmen-ə-ˈpȯ-zəl How to pronounce postmenopausal (audio)
1
: having undergone menopause
postmenopausal women
2
: occurring after menopause
postmenopausal osteoporosis
postmenopausally adverb
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