MenoPAUSE?
I was reading the new Fitness First magazine for winter which just came out, and there was an article about menopause. Just a random thought but, (I have not done any readings on menopause, or any research since my thought) I know it's just a name, but doesn't pause suggest that it's only temporarily stopped? Does that mean that my periods will pause and stop for a while and one day it'll come back - un-paused?
Yeah, just wanted to know where the name originated from, shouldn't it be more menostop?
posted by Raye at
2:37 PM
5 Comments:
I think 'menopause' is the female terminology for 'mid-life crisis' because you pause to reflect on what's happening in your life and end up having an existential crisis instead Lol.
July 11, 2007 at 3:30 PM
good thinking 99.
July 15, 2007 at 6:08 PM
Menopause comes from the Greek "meno-" meaning month and "-pausis" meaning a cessation. Obviously some scientist/doctor thought it would be cool to use Greek. It could be worse. It could have been Latin.
July 16, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Wow, where did you learn that? Thanks for the info, although weird since it's coming from a guy.
July 16, 2007 at 9:38 PM
'Menopause' rolls better off the tongue than 'menostop'anyway =)
July 20, 2007 at 12:24 AM
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