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menopause definition

meno·pause (menə pôz′)

noun

the permanent cessation of menstruation, normally beginning between the ages of 45 and 50, or the period during which this occurs; female climacteric; change of life

Etymology: < Gr mēn (gen. mēnos), month, moon + pauein, to bring to an end: see pause

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