GLOSSARY OF MENOPAUSE TERMS
• Climacteric
• Estrogen
• Heart Disease
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Hot Flashes
• Menopause
• Menopausal Depression
• Night Sweats
• Osteoporosis
• Perimenopause
• Postmenopause
• Premature Menopause
• Progesterone
• Women's Health Initiative
GLOSSARY OF MENOPAUSE TERMS
Menopause
Technically speaking, menopause refers to the physiological state of absence of periods for one year, marking the body’s end of menstruation. Generally speaking, menopause covers the entire transitional midlife stages during which we experience changes related to our bodies’ hormonal production decrease.