postmenopausal

adjective

post·​men·​o·​paus·​al ˌpōs(t)-ˌme-nə-ˈpȯ-zəl How to pronounce postmenopausal (audio)
-ˌmē-
1
: having undergone menopause
2
: occurring or administered after menopause
postmenopausally adverb
postmenopause noun

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Along the same lines, postmenopausal skin can become thinner, drier and more prone to bruising or sensitivity, Kanwal says. Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 7 July 2025 Protecting Your Heart During Menopause and As You Age Though questions still remain, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have recognized age at menopause as a risk-modifying factor for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal people. Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 19 Apr. 2025 Study Looked at More Than 100,000 Women For the new study, researchers examined data on about 47,000 postmenopausal women who had used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and roughly 70,000 who had not. Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 5 Sep. 2024 Many postmenopausal women take supplements to reduce fractures, but in 2018 the task force found vitamin D combined with calcium had no effect on the incidence of fractures in postmenopausal women. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for postmenopausal

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of postmenopausal was in 1928

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“Postmenopausal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postmenopausal. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

Medical Definition

postmenopausal

adjective
post·​meno·​paus·​al -ˌmen-ə-ˈpȯ-zəl How to pronounce postmenopausal (audio)
1
: having undergone menopause
postmenopausal women
2
: occurring after menopause
postmenopausal osteoporosis
postmenopausally adverb
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