postmenopausal |
perimenopause |
As an adjective postmenopausal
is subsequent to the menopause.
As a noun perimenopause is
the physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause, when, due to hormonal changes, they progress from their usual pattern of menstruation through a phase of atypical menstruation, and finally cease menstruating perimenopause ends when a woman has not menstruated for a year.
menopausal |
postmenopausal |
As adjectives the difference between menopausal and postmenopausal
is that
menopausal is of, or pertaining to the menopause while
postmenopausal is subsequent to the menopause.
postmenopausal |
premenopausal |
As adjectives the difference between postmenopausal and premenopausal
is that
postmenopausal is subsequent to the menopause while
premenopausal is (medicine) having not yet undergone menopause.
postmenopausal |
urofollitropin |
As an adjective postmenopausal
is subsequent to the menopause.
As a noun urofollitropin is
a purified form of follicle-stimulating hormone from the urine of postmenopausal women, important in the development of follicles by the ovaries.
postmenopausal |
anastrozole |
As an adjective postmenopausal
is subsequent to the menopause.
As a noun anastrozole is
an aromatase inhibitor used to treat breast cancer after surgery and for metastases in postmenopausal women.