Word: premenopause
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pre
me
no
pause
Definition: Before the menopause.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: meno-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: menstruation; the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; --Hippocrates; --Aristotle
Affix: -pause
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Indicative of a pause or discontinuance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: παύω
Language: grc
Decoded: pauo
Meaning: stop, end
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process