早そう期き閉へい経けい

noun

premature menopause; early menopause; premature ovarian failure

Medical term for menopause occurring before age 40. Often abbreviated as POF in English medical contexts.

• 早そう期き閉へい経けいの原げん因いんは完かん全ぜんには解かい明めいされていない。

  The causes of premature menopause are not fully understood.

• 彼かの女じょは30代だいで早そう期き閉へい経けいと診しん断だんされた。

  She was diagnosed with premature menopause in her thirties.