premenstrual syndrome
предменструальный синдром
The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and…The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation; premenstrual tension.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation; premenstrual tension.
предменструа́льный синдро́мpredmenstruálʹnyj sindróm
a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
malaise experienced before menstruation:
Origin
Coined by Katharina Dalton in 1953 to replace the earlier premenstrual tension, which sheCoined by Katharina Dalton in 1953 to replace the earlier premenstrual tension, which she considered accidentally created the impression of focusing solely on PMS's mental aspects.
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation:PMS
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddysmenorrhea
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable