English-Spanish translations for menopause

• menopausia
  Con la menopausia, la reserva de óvulos se agota y la mujer no puede ya concebir hijos. By the time of the menopause, the egg cell stock is exhausted and the woman is no longer able to conceive children.
  Asimismo, el cáncer de mama se produce a menudo en mujeres sin niños o entre mujeres que se quedan embarazadas a una edad relativamente tardía y que tienen la menopausia relativamente tarde. Furthermore, breast cancer often occurs amongst childless women, or amongst women who become pregnant relatively late in life and who go through the menopause relatively late.
  Por ejemplo, en 2006 definiremos indicadores de salud ginecológica y la menopausia, como, por ejemplo, un indicador de endometriosis, cosa que tiene, por supuesto, una importancia extraordinaria. For example, in 2006 we shall define indicators for gynaecological health and the menopause, such as an endometriosis indicator which is, of course, extremely important.

Definition of menopause

• The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause

Related words

• postmenopausal
• menopausal
• perimenopause