Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Portable Network Graphics. Portable Network Graphics is a raster graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. PNG was created as an improved, non-patented replacement for Graphics Interchange Format, and is the most used lossless image compression format on the World Wide Web.
Definition of menopause. 1 : the natural cessation of menstruation that usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55; also : the period during which such cessation occurs âcalled also climacteric â compare perimenopause. 2 : cessation of menstruation from other than natural causes.
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.