premenstrual

1. 1.

   of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation

Questions about premenstrual

What does premenstrual mean?

premenstrual means "of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation".

How many syllables are in premenstrual?

premenstrual has 4 syllables: pre-men-stru-al. The stress falls on "men".

Is premenstrual a common word?

premenstrual is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.