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noun
Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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Synonyms: premenstrual syndrome
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
