女性一生可分为五个时期,即儿童期、发育期、成熟期、更年期和衰老期。有的学者分为儿童、成熟和衰老三期,认为发育和更年期实属过渡时期。更年期有较为明显的身体与精神变化,为时约数月至三年。德国学者称更年期为过渡年龄(Sellheim)或过渡时期(Seitz),美、英和法国称之为绝经期,苏联则谓之更年期。两者所指征侯虽同,但其意义不完全相 Women’s life can be divided into five periods, namely, childhood, developmental period, maturity, menopause and aging. Some scholars are divided into children, mature and aging three, that development and menopause is a transitional period. Menopause is more obvious physical and mental changes, for about a few months to three years. German scholars said menopause is the transitional age (Sellheim) or the transitional period (Seitz), the United States, Britain and France called menopause, the Soviet Union is the so-called menopause. Although the two signaled the same Hou, but its significance is not exactly the same phase