Origin and Etymology of is. Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German ist is (from sÄ«n to be), Latin est (from esse to be), Greek esti (from einai to be)
For the medical journal, see Menopause (journal). Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time in most women's lives when menstrual periods stop permanently, and they are no longer able to bear children. Menopause typically occurs between 49 and 52 years of age.
âThe symptoms of male menopause, or andropause, are very real for many men,â says Raneth Heng, MD, an integrative medicine specialist at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. âStarting at around the age of 40, men start to lose about one percent of their testosterone per year.