English Dictionary

premenstrual tension

名詞

イギリス英語 不可算名詞

(now chiefly UK) Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.

日本語の意味

月経前症候群。排卵期から月経開始前の期間にみられる、身体的および心理的な不快感や不調を指す。

She recognized that her irritability and fatigue were symptoms of premenstrual tension and adjusted her schedule accordingly.

彼女は、イライラや疲労が月経前症候群の症状であることに気づき、それに合わせて予定を調整した。

意味（1）

(now chiefly UK) Synonym of premenstrual syndrome: the physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation.

There may be an actual distaste for sexual relations for a week or so prior to the period, perhaps as part of a picture of general irritability and vague feelings of discomfort of which some women complain; the name premenstrual tension has been applied to this.