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Concept information

Preferred term

premenopause

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The period before menopause. In premenopausal women, the climacteric transition from full sexual maturity to cessation of ovarian cycle takes place between the age of late thirty and early fifty.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • premenopausal period

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/199218

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