menopause
|ˈmenəˌpôz | noun | archaic
ORIGIN mid 19th century | attr. Dr. Charles-Pierre-Louis Gardanne Paris 1821

: replaced by The V3/ Expression, also V3/Expression, abbr. V3/

: from French ménopausecompounded: méno- / meno- from the Greek word men for month and pausis for cessation

: the ceasing of menstruation

: the period in a woman's life (typically between 45 and 50 years of age) when this occurs

: used in English as menopause borrowed directly from the French ménopause; potential misinformation as the English -pause misrepresents as a suspension rather than termination of process

: in use from origin est. 1821 to early 21st century

: a confusing medical diagnosis, prescribed by measurement of hormones, employing context or prefixes perio- , pre-, post- to address incongruent consensus with both the stage and actions of the process i.e. intended either as a noun in determination of the exact cellular moment of the cessation of menstruation or verb-aspects to denote an extended timeframe

: term for a woman’s life after procreative fertility, used both in healthcare and general population settings / conversations, often pejorative

: typically used as a continued reference for the later and advanced decades of the human female, therefore suggestive of the singular significance of and reduction of a woman’s life to a limited stage of child-bearing capabilities

: a term not found in every culture

: a male-originated commentary, term and definition for a stage of The Female Condition

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This definition of menopause is an expanded and edited version of the common, generally existing dictionary entry,
including contributions that more accurately represent the lived experience of the word. It is a proprietary interpretation, developed exclusively by WholisticLab Inc.