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menopause

[men-uh-pawz] / ˈmɛn əˌpɔz /
NOUN
change of life
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NOUN
midlife crisis
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Perimenopause’s journey from little-understood phase before menopause to the subject of every ad on social media for women of a certain age was quick—and impossible to imagine without the internet.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Perimenopause, external, which commonly begins around the age of 46, is when women experience menopause symptoms while still having periods.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"I had to leave my job. This was at perimenopause time. My message to women is that, menopause is not the danger zone, it's the run up, it's the 45 to 54."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

After about a year, I found a doctor specializing in menopause who prescribed an estrogen patch, testosterone cream and progesterone pills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

He’d pioneered the use of estrogen for treating symptoms of menopause and made important early discoveries about endometriosis.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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