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Meaning of "menarche" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MENARCHE

New Latin, from Greek mēn month + arkhē beginning.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MENARCHE

menarche  [mɛˈnɑːkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENARCHE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Menarche is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MENARCHE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

menarche

Menarche

Menarche is the first menstrual cycle, or first menstrual bleeding, in female humans. From both social and medical perspectives, it is often considered the central event of female puberty, as it signals the possibility of fertility. Girls experience menarche at different ages. The timing of menarche is influenced by female biology, as well as genetic and environmental factors, especially nutritional factors. The average age of menarche has declined over the last century, but the magnitude of the decline and the factors responsible remain subjects of contention. The worldwide average age of menarche is very difficult to estimate accurately, and it varies significantly by geographical region, race, ethnicity and other characteristics. Various estimates have placed it at 13. Some estimates suggest that the median age of menarche worldwide is 14, and that there is a later age of onset in Asian populations compared to the West. The average age of menarche is about 12.5 years in the United States, 12.72 in Canada, 12.9 in the UK and 13.06 ± 0.10 years in Iceland. A study on girls in Istanbul, Turkey, found the median age at menarche to be 12.74 years.

Definition of menarche in the English dictionary

The definition of menarche in the dictionary is the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman's life.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MENARCHE


Abnaki
æbˈnɑːkɪ
barky
ˈbɑːkɪ
darkie
ˈdɑːkɪ
darky
ˈdɑːkɪ
gynarchy
ˈdʒaɪˌnɑːkɪ
hierarchy
ˈhaɪəˌrɑːkɪ
Iraqi
ɪˈrɑːkɪ
kaki
ˈkɑːkɪ
Kawasaki
ˌkɑːwəˈsɑːkɪ
khaki
ˈkɑːkɪ
konaki
ˈkɒnɑːkɪ
Nagasaki
ˌnɑːɡəˈsɑːkɪ
narky
ˈnɑːkɪ
patriarchy
ˈpeɪtrɪˌɑːkɪ
saki
ˈsɑːkɪ
sparky
ˈspɑːkɪ
Starkey
ˈstɑːkɪ
sukiyaki
ˌsuːkɪˈjɑːkɪ
triarchy
ˈtraɪɑːkɪ
Yamasaki
ˌjæməˈsɑːkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENARCHE

menace
menacer
menacing
menacingly
menad
menadione
Menado
menagerie
Menai Strait
menaissance
Menam
Menander
menaquinone
menarcheal
menarchial
menazon
Mencap
Mencius
Mencken
mend

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENARCHE

ache
affiche
apache
avalanche
bouche
cache
couche
depeche
douche
Elche
fiche
gauche
headache
Le Marche
mache
Manche
Marche
microfiche
niche
revanche

Synonyms and antonyms of menarche in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «menarche» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENARCHE

Find out the translation of menarche to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of menarche from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «menarche» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

月经初潮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

menarquia
570 millions of speakers

English

menarche
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रजोदर्शन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

менархе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

menarca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদ্যঋতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ménarche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menarche
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Menarche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

初潮
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Menarche
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có kinh nguyệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பூப்பூ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मार्नचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

menarş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

menarca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

menarche
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

менархе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

menarha
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμμηναρχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

menarche
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

menarche
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

menarche
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of menarche

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENARCHE»

The term «menarche» is regularly used and occupies the 104.981 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENARCHE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «menarche» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «menarche» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about menarche

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENARCHE»

Discover the use of menarche in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to menarche and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blood Stories: Menarche and the Politics of the Female Body ...
Using a social constructivist post structuralist view of the subject, the book emphasizes that it is in part through the body that women are integrated into the social and sexual disorder, and it is in part through the discourses and ...
Janet Lee, 1996
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From Menarche to Menopause: Reproductive Lives of Peasant ...
Discusses all of the factors related to menopause, looks at the social status of women in two cultures, and compares cultural attitudes toward menopause
Yewoubdar Beyene, 1989
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Periods: from menarche to menopause
"This book provides a thorough and up-to-date account of research on all aspects of the menstrual cycle. . .
Sharon Golub, 1992
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From Menarche to Menopause: The Female Body in Feminist Therapy
MENARCHE, SELF-OBJECTIFICATION, AND EATING DISORDERS The literature on pubertal timing suggests a complex relationship between menarche and disordered eating. Many researchers have emphasized that the normative weight ...
Joan Chrisler, 2014
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Sleep Disorders in Women: From Menarche Through Pregnancy to ...
Reviews various aspects of sleep disorders in women at different stages of life, and emphasizes the impact that each reproductive and endocrine stage has on normal sleep and sleep disorders.
Hrayr P. Attarian, 2007
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Newly Postmenarcheal Adolescents' Understanding of Menarche ...
This cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative study examines the roles of race and income level in adolescent girls' knowledge about menstruation, feelings of preparation for menarche, and attitudes toward menstruation.
Lisandra Rodriguez White, 2008
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The Yale Guide to Women's Reproductive Health: From Menarche ...
This book is for every woman who has wished for an unhurried, personal conversation with a sympathetic doctor who will answer her questions about reproductive health.
Mary Jane Minkin, Carol V. Wright, 2008
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Women and Health
Age at menarche signals the onset of reproductive capacity and is the best indicator of the timing of maturation [20]. While it is not as precise an indicator of timing of maturation as peak height velocity, skeletal age, or pubertal staging, it is the ...
Marlene B. Goldman, Maureen Hatch, 2000
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The Seven Sacred Rites of Menarche: The Spiritual Journey of ...
The Seven Sacred Rites of Menarche shows parents how to join their daughters on this wondrous journey.
Kristi Meisenbach Boylan, 2001
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development
menarche: girls from smaller families in north-east England matured earlier than those from large families. Well-off girls in all populations for which data are available reach menarche earlier than the poorly-off, and urban girls earlier than rural.
Stanley J. Ulijaszek, Francis E. Johnston, Michael A. Preece, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENARCHE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term menarche is used in the context of the following news items.
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Infertility roundup
When she was age 15 ½, menarche was induced with a third-generation estrogen-progesterone preparation. At age 25, because the patient ... «ModernMedicine, Jul 15»
2
Short stature and primary ovarian insufficiency possibly due to …
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined as a primary ovarian defect characterized by absent menarche (primary amenorrhea), a decrease ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
3
Mom breaks tradition in coming of age ritual, organises seminar …
"When I attained menarche, I remember having a lot of questions on what I was going through, what it was doing to my mind and body, but no ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
4
Journals Watch: Vitamin D and cancer risk, glioma and pre-abortion …
Other significant factors, such as estrogen exposure (early menarche, late menopause or combined HRT), age when pregnant, breastfeeding, ... «GP online, Jul 15»
5
Postmenopausal Hormones Linked To Decreased Colon Cancer Risk
... significant associations for colorectal cancer mortality with oral contraceptive use, menarche age, age at first birth, parity, or menopausal age. «Medical Research News and Interviews on MedicalResearch.com, Jul 15»
6
Age at menarche influences breast cancer risk in black women
Early age at menarche may correspond with an increased risk for ER-negative breast cancer among black women, according to study results. «Healio, Jul 15»
7
He Threatened ?Abortion? to Sell Books
And a menarche reference is exactly the sort of hare-brained attempt at exploring a woman's inner life that one might expect from a writer ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
8
Menarche age, parity influence endometrial cancer risk for women …
Several hormonal factors — including later age at menarche, parity and hormonal contraceptive use — reduced the risk for endometrial cancer ... «Healio, Jul 15»
9
Predicting pubertal development by infantile and childhood height …
In girls, height SDS correlated negatively with thelarche and pubarche from age 15 months and with menarche from 54 months. BMI correlated negatively with ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
10
Association between genetic condition, hormonal factors, and risk of …
The researchers found that later age at menarche (first menstrual cycle, age 13 or older), parity (has had one or more live births), and hormonal ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Menarche [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/menarche>. Apr 2024 ».
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