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1. (n.) climacteric
a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.
2. climacteric
any critical period.
3. climacteric
a year in which important changes in health, fortune, etc., are held by some theories to occur, as one's sixty-third year
4. (adj.) climacteric
Also, climac&syl;teri&syl;cal. critical; crucial.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L clīmactēricus < Gk klīmaktērikós, der. of klīmaktēr rung of a ladder, critical point in life, der. of klîmax (see climax ))
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| Definition of 'climacteric' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) climacteric
a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
2. (noun) menopause, climacteric, change of life
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) climacteric
relating to a climacteric; critical
2. (noun) climacteric
a period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year
3. (noun) climacteric
any critical period
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| Definition of 'climacteric' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. climacteric
Physiologic period, characterized by endocrine, somatic, and psychic changes with the termination of ovarian function in the female. It may also accompany the normal diminution of sexual activity in the male.
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