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menopause

noun
🔊/ˈmenəpɔːz/
🔊/ˈmenəpɔːz/
(also informal the change (of life))
[uncountable]
(often the menopause)
[singular]
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  1. the time during which a woman gradually stops menstruating, usually at around the age of 50绝经期；（妇女的）更年期
    • to reach (the) menopause到更年期
    • Women experience many emotional and physical changes during the menopause.妇女在更年期会经历许多情绪和身体的变化。
    • a disease that can afflict women past the menopause更年期后的妇女易患的一种疾病
    see also male menopauseTopics Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • early
    • premature
    • male
    • …
    verb + menopause
    • approach
    • enter
    • reach
    • …
    preposition
    • at menopause
    • at the menopause
    • after menopause
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from modern Latin menopausis (from meno- (from Greek mēn ‘month’) and pause).