menarchen.
/mɛˈnɑːki/, /mᵻˈnɑːki/, /ˈmɛnɑːk/, U.S. /məˈnɑrki/, /ˈmɛˌnɑrki/ The first menstrual period; the age at which this occurs.
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1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 381/1 Menarche, the establishment or beginning of the menstrual function.
1905 Index-Catal. Libr. Surgeon-General's Office, U.S. Army X. 670/1 (heading) Menarche. See Menstruation (Commencement of).
1910 E. Paul tr. E. H. Kisch Sexual Life of Woman i. 83 The diseases of the female genital organs at the time of the menarche are very various.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female iii. viii. 178 In Samoa, there is no social stress on menarche.
1955 Man 64 21/2 Electroencephalographs recorded on a series of rhesus monkeys (M. mulatta) at regular intervals between birth and the age of 24 months, which he takes as the age of puberty, based on the menarche of the females.
1966 Lancet 31 Dec. 1453/2 No significant association was found between cervical cancer and abstinence from intercourse during or shortly after the menses; median age at menarche; regularity of the menstrual cycle, [etc.].
1991 D. Cohen Circle of Life ii. 58 When a Lesse girl reaches menarche she begins her puberty initiation.
2000 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 May 1449 Risk factors [for endometriosis] include early menarche and late menopause.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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