Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation. 2 Relating to the time period in a girl's life prior to her first experience of menstruation; prepubescent.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "premenstrual".
For those women who find it difficult to sleep during the premenstrual period, you are not alone.
Studies show that women have more awakenings, sleep disturbances, and vivid dreams during the premenstrual period than the rest of the month.
Sodium retention can contribute to PMS headaches, bloating, edema, and fluid weight gain during the premenstrual phase of your cycle.
I am not on the verge of a nervous break-down, neither am I suffering from premenstrual tension or any other weakness you may believe that women are prey to.
I wondered if I was premenstrual, even though my periods were almost non-existent, because my bad mood bordered on tangible.
It is good for improving a sluggish metabolic rate, for reducing all swelling, especially fluid retention, for premenstrual tension, for aiding breastfeeding and for easing an infant's colic and restlessness.
It relieves fluid retention and premenstrual tension, detoxifies the system and encourages circulation.
It is the sort of man-to-woman infight that I try whenever possible to ascribe to premenstrual tension.