The appreciation of the form of an object by means of touch. stereognosis. 1. the faculty of perceiving and understanding the form and nature of objects by the sense of touch. stereognosis. 1 the faculty of perceiving and understanding the form and nature of objects by the sense of touch.
If the ovaries are surgically removed, a woman does not have a natural source of estrogen, and she enters surgical menopause, which can also be early menopause. Early natural menopause, on the other hand, occurs if a woman stops getting her period and her estrogen production drops before she is 45.
1 During and after menopause, the ovaries make much less of the hormone estrogen. 2  Estrogen loss may also occur with surgical removal of the ovaries or because of excessive dieting and exercise. 3  Estrogen helps protect bone. 4  Men produce less testosterone as they age.