English Explanatory Dictionary

premenstrual tension

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.

Word forms

premenstrual tension

Etymology

Coined by Robert T. Frank in 1931 of New York, the first doctor to treat PMS's physical and psychological components as related to a single cause.

Synonyms

premenstrual syndrome
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