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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
premenstrual
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual tension
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
syndrome
▪ Two doctors have told her that she has premenstrual syndrome and that most women do.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All of these findings show how unwarranted is the claim that there is such a phenomenon as a premenstrual mental disorder.
▪ For optimum results: Only embark on any new exercise programme when you are not premenstrual.
▪ The food premenstrual women crave most is chocolate.
▪ This would not be a premenstrual mental illness either, but it does warrant some discussion.
▪ Two doctors have told her that she has premenstrual syndrome and that most women do.
▪ When we suffer premenstrual symptoms, such as severe mood swings, our desire for sweet and starchy carbohydrates may surge.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
premenstrual

also pre-menstrual, 1865, from pre- + menstrual. Premenstrual syndrome (1971) earlier was premenstrual tension (1928).

Wiktionary
premenstrual

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
premenstrual

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.