Menopausal period in women. Sometimes used to refer to the corresponding age period in men. Also called involutional period.
The hormonal change that precedes the menopause by a number of years and is associated with a progressive loss of fertility, an increased incidence of abnormal or absent ovulation, hot flashes, irregular menstruation, a progressive rise in blood FSH levels, and mood changes. The climacteric usually represents an important stage in a woman's life.
An older term for menopause.
A period of life characterized by physiological midlife changes for women and men. The period of time immediately preceding menopause and continuing for 15 or more years beyond menopause.
Decline with age in responsiveness of sex organs to gonadotrophins in both female and male. Compare menopause in female.
a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
The syndrome of endocrine, somatic, and psychic changes occurring at the termination of the reproductive period in woman, or accompanying the normal diminution of sexual function in man.
the point in development when reproduction capacity in the female terminates (menopause) and the sexual activity of the male decreases (andropause)
The years around the menopause (last menstrual period) when symptoms tend to be at their worst.
(Also called perimenopause.) - the transition period of time before menopause, marked by a decreased production of estrogen and progesterone, irregular menstrual periods, and transitory psychological changes.
the syndrome of physical and psychic changes that occur during the transition to menopause
Period of transition from fertility to menopause.
the progressive decline in gonadal (ovarian or testicular) function that occurs with increasing age
Physiologic period, characterized by endocrine, somatic, and psychic changes with the termination of ovarian function in the female. It may also accompany the normal diminution of sexual activity in the male.