所谓女性“更年期”是指女性由性成熟期逐渐到老年的过渡时期。早在1994年,世界国际卫生组织已废弃以“更年期”一词来形容女性卵巢功能渐进性衰退的这个过程,而推荐采用“围绝经期”一词以替代之。由于更年期已为大众所熟知,为方便起见,人们仍然称“围绝经期”为“更年期”。 The so-called female “menopause” refers to the female transition from sexual maturity to old age. As early as 1994, the World Health Organization has abandoned the use of the term “menopause” to describe the progressive decline of female ovarian function in this process, and recommended “perimenopause” in place of the word. As menopause is already well-known to the general public, for convenience, people still refer to “menopause” as “menopause.”