premenstrually love

Definitions

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  • adverb In a premenstrual way; before menstruation or its initial onset.

Etymologies

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premenstrual +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The retention of fluid may be responsible for some women feeling bloated premenstrually which is often described subjectively despite the fact that there is no measurable increase in weight or abdominal circumference.

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  • As one researcher writes in a study on moods and menstruation in college students, 'negative behavior exhibited premenstrually is perceived as evidence for the prevailing negative stereotype of female emotional behavior while positive behavior is ignored as something for which biology is irrelevant.'

    PMS JLK 2008

  • In general she found premenstrually related mood changes to be of small magnitude, concluding that 'the premenstrual hormonal changes appear to impose little psychological burden,' and are often so slight that women 'are sometimes not even aware of them.'

    Archive 2008-11-01 JLK 2008

  • In general she found premenstrually related mood changes to be of small magnitude, concluding that 'the premenstrual hormonal changes appear to impose little psychological burden,' and are often so slight that women 'are sometimes not even aware of them.'

    PMS JLK 2008

  • As one researcher writes in a study on moods and menstruation in college students, 'negative behavior exhibited premenstrually is perceived as evidence for the prevailing negative stereotype of female emotional behavior while positive behavior is ignored as something for which biology is irrelevant.'

    Archive 2008-11-01 JLK 2008

  • On page 109, and highly relevant to the discussion at hand, is the following: Dr. Sharon Golub found that premenstrually related increases in anxiety were far smaller than the heightened anxiety experienced by students subjected to the stress of an examination.

    Archive 2008-11-01 JLK 2008

  • On page 109, and highly relevant to the discussion at hand, is the following: Dr. Sharon Golub found that premenstrually related increases in anxiety were far smaller than the heightened anxiety experienced by students subjected to the stress of an examination.

    PMS JLK 2008

  • Some women have symptoms of clinical depression premenstrually, and that experience is undermined if society fails to acknowledge the seriousness of our premenstrual depression.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • For example, some women report feeling more energetic and creative premenstrually, and some find that it widens the range of emotions we feel and express.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • Some of us experience mood changes premenstrually, and we may experience some level of depressed mood and emotion.

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

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