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postmenopausal

British  
/ ˌpəʊstmɛnəʊˈpɔːzəl /

adjective

  1. existing or taking place after the menopause

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A Mayo Clinic-led study reports that postmenopausal women using menopausal hormone therapy experienced significantly greater weight loss when taking tirzepatide, a Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for overweight and obesity.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Clinical evidence so far when it comes to women, suggests that TRT is only effective for treating those who are postmenopausal with low libido.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Then, in 2002, a government-funded clinical trial on postmenopausal women and HRT was halted after early findings that hormone therapy posed a number of health risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

The reluctance to use HRT is the result of a controversial 2002 study that identified an elevated risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

He said to her, “If we're not getting demand for postmenopausal women, but we are for men, we meet the demand and supply it.”

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025

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