midlife

Or mid-life

[mid-lahyf, mid-lahyf]

noun

1. middle age.

adjective

1. middle-aged.

Word History and Origins

Origin of midlife¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; mid- + life

Example Sentences

And many of these conditions emerge only in midlife and beyond.

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In midlife, with the right partner and the self-acceptance that getting older brings, I no longer feel the city is stacked against me.

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“We have to be very careful to not attribute all symptoms that occur in midlife to menopause and perimenopause,” she adds.

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“Culturally, we want hormone therapy to be able to really solve all the issues that midlife women are facing, and no one medication can do that,” says Dr. Rebecca Thurston, assistant dean for women’s health research at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Natural Cycles, Flo Health, and Oura are launching digital tools designed for midlife millennials, such as features that track disruptive perimenopause symptoms.

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