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Menopause should be called menostop cause there is no menoresume? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I’ll see myself out.

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Or they named it after the Irish doctor who documented it, Men O'Pause.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 3 weeks ago

This is fake news, he stole the research from Jane Menopause who goes uncredited to this day

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it was named after the French village Mini-Opuasé where it was discovered in the 1800's.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's a portmanteau of "Minnow Palls," because doctors used to believe it was caused by a cloud of small fish surrounding those experiencing it.