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MENARCHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does menarche mean?
• MENARCHE (noun)
The noun MENARCHE has 1 sense:
1. the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman
Familiarity information: MENARCHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first occurrence of menstruation in a woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("menarche" is a kind of...):
start (the beginning of anything)
Context examples
Estimates risk of breast cancer based upon current age, age at menarche, age at first live birth, number of first-degree relatives who have had breast cancer, number of breast biopsies, and number of biopsies with atypical hyperplasia.
(Gail risk model, NCI Thesaurus)
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