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Definition: Premenstrual |
PremenstrualAdjective1. Of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Occurring before menstruation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Premenstrual |
| English words defined with "premenstrual": adenomyosis ♦ endometriosis. (references) |
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Health | The addition of progesterone could lead to irritability and mood changes almost like PMS, premenstrual syndrome, which troubles some young premenopausal women. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Premenstrual" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.46% of the time. "Premenstrual" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 88.46% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.54% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "premenstrual": Premenstrual Stress Syndrome ♦ premenstrual syndrome ♦ premenstrual tension ♦ Premenstrual Tension Syndrome. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "premenstrual"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | præmenstruel, præmenstruel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | premenstrueel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | premenstruaalinen, kuukautisia edeltävä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prémenstruel, prémenstruel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | prämenstruell, prämenstruell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προεμμηνορροϊκός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | premestruale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 月経前 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | 'っけいまえ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emenstrualpray pré-menstrual. (various references) предменструальный. (various references) premenstrual. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "premenstrual": premenstrually. (additional references) | |
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"Premenstrual" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prementstrual. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-p-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: superaltern. | |
-2 letters: enraptures, prelatures, prematures. | |
-3 letters: apertures, enrapture, lamenters, menstrual, murrelets, numerates, palterers, plasterer, prelature, premature, renatures, replaster, saunterer, supermale, superreal, tamperers, tramplers. | |
-4 letters: alterers, amputees, aperture, austerer, empalers, empanels, emplanes, emulates, ensample, epaulets, erumpent, eternals, lamenter, learners, manurers, measurer, menstrua, mensural, muenster, murrelet, neutrals, numerals, numerate, palterer, partners, pasturer, pearlers, permeant, permutes, petrales. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-n-p-r-r-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: premenstrually. | |
+4 letters: supernormalities. | |
+5 letters: superconglomerate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 6D 65 6E 73 74 72 75 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . -- . -. ... - .-. ..- .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110011 01110100 01110010 01110101 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e m e n s t r u a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 006D 0065 006E 0073 0074 0072 0075 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471797180858684876778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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