perimenstrualadj.
/ˌpɛrɪˈmɛnstrʊəl/, /ˌpɛrɪˈmɛnstrᵿl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈmɛnztr(əw)əl/, /ˌpɛrəˈmɛnstr(əw)əl/ Medicine and Physiology.
Occurring at or around the time of menstruation.
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1970 J. Loy in Folia Primatologica 13 287 Sexual behaviour occurring near or during menstruation will be termed ‘peri-menstrual estrus’..in this paper.
1993 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 80 43/2 The hazard was greatest when surgery was performed during the perimenstrual period.
1999 Jrnl. Psychosomatic Obstetr. & Gynecol. 20 198 Approximately 8–10% of premenopausal women experience moderate to severe perimenstrual breast pain or cyclical mastalgia, monthly.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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