Definition of "peri-" []

• Around; about; enclosing: perimysium. (prefix)
• Near: perinatal. (prefix)

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• "After African americans, the next highest groups were Latinas at 35.4 percent, white women at 31.2 percent, and Chinese-Americans at 20.5 percent.8 In a separate study of 841 white women with physical disabilities in peri- and postmenopause across the United States, 64.9 percent reported having hot flashes.9"
• "Levels seem to be higher in some peri- and postmenopausal women who experience hot flashes.7"
• "This illness may be almost exclusively the province of peri- and postmenopausal women because of the rapid drop in estrogen production that affects the small blood vessels."