Associations to the word «Climacteric»
Noun
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Wiktionary
CLIMACTERIC, adjective. Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life. [from 17th c.]
CLIMACTERIC, adjective. Critical or crucial; decisive. [from 17th c.]
CLIMACTERIC, adjective. (medicine) Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal. [from 18th c.]
CLIMACTERIC, adjective. Climactic. [from 18th c.]
CLIMACTERIC, noun. A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point. [from 17th c.]
CLIMACTERIC, noun. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year). [from 17th c.]
CLIMACTERIC, noun. (medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. [from 18th c.]
Dictionary definition
CLIMACTERIC, noun. A period in a man's life corresponding to menopause.
CLIMACTERIC, noun. The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends.
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