premenstrual syndrome

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A varying group of symptoms including pelvic and back discomfort, breast tenderness, headache, fatigue, irritability, anxiety, and moodiness, that occur in some women two to seven days before the onset of menstruation and cease shortly after menses begins.

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• noun The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation; premenstrual tension.

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• noun a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation