postmenopausal

postmenopausal
adjective Date: 1928 1. having undergone menopause 2. occurring or administered after menopause • postmenopausally adverbpostmenopause noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Postmenopausal cervical kyphosis — An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the back of the neck. This condition, once thought to be a characteristic deformity of older women, was called a dowager s hump. A dowager was a …   Medical dictionary

  • postmenopausal — adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • postmenopausal — adjective subsequent to the menopause …   Wiktionary

  • postmenopausal — nach der Menopause …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • postmenopausal — adj. following the cessation of menstrual cycle; following middle age …   English contemporary dictionary

  • postmenopausal — post·menopausal …   English syllables

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