Usually means: Period before menstruation starts monthly.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. premenstrual: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. premenstrual: Merriam-Webster
  3. premenstrual: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. premenstrual: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. premenstrual: Collins English Dictionary
  6. premenstrual: Vocabulary.com
  7. Premenstrual, premenstrual: Wordnik
  8. premenstrual: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. premenstrual: Wiktionary
  10. premenstrual: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. premenstrual: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. premenstrual: Dictionary.com
  13. premenstrual: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. premenstrual: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. premenstrual: Rhymezone
  16. premenstrual: FreeDictionary.org
  17. premenstrual: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. premenstrual: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. premenstrual: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Premenstrual: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. premenstrual: Medical dictionary
  6. Premenstrual: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. premenstrual: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See premenstrually as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation.
adjective:  Relating to the time period in a girl's life prior to her first experience of menstruation; prepubescent.

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