noun
menopause
MEH-nuh-pawz
noun
1
The stage of a woman's life when her periods become irregular and eventually stop, usually accompanied by hormonal symptoms such as hot flushes.
"Many women go through menopause in their late forties or fifties."
"Menopause can bring on symptoms like sleep trouble and mood changes."
How to Use Menopause
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe natural end of menstruation and fertility in women, usually in midlife.
Common pairings
go through menopause
menopause symptoms
early menopause
Word Forms
menopaused past tense, menopauses plural, menopauses singular
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Etymology
From French ménopause, built from Greek mēn ("month") and pausis ("pause, stopping") — literally "the stopping of the months."