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Perimenopausal state, 214.
See also
Menopause
Phallocentric ideas (of Galen), 45
Phallus, 47, 66
Pheromones: and ovulatory (menstrual) cycle, 50, 172, 173-74, 175
Phytoestrogens.
See
Estrogen
Pinker, Steven, 335, 336
Pitocin (synthetic oxytocin), 310, 311, 315
Pituitary gland, 149, 166
in ovulatory cycle, 166, 167, 169
during pregnancy, 92, 148
Placenta, 91, 92, 93, 94
breast as modified, 147, 154

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