climacteric

cli·mac·ter·ic (kl

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a. A period of life characterized by physiological and psychic change that marks the end of the reproductive capacity of women and terminates with the completion of menopause.

b. A corresponding period sometimes occurring in men that may be marked by a reduction in sexual activity, although fertility is retained.

2. A critical period or year in a person's life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.

3. A critical stage, period, or year: "before the end of the millennium, whether [he] lives to see that ecclesiastical climacteric or not" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

adj.

1. Of or relating to a climacteric.

2. Critical; crucial.

[From Latin clmactricus, of a dangerous period in life, from Greek klmaktrikos, from klmaktr, dangerous point, rung of a ladder, from klmax, ladder; see climax.]

climacteric [klaɪˈmæktərɪk ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk]

1. a critical event or period

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) another name for menopause

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the period in the life of a man corresponding to the menopause, chiefly characterized by diminished sexual activity

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany the period during which certain fruits, such as apples, ripen, marked by a rise in the rate of respiration

adj also climacterical [ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk^əl]

involving a crucial event or period

[from Latin clīmactēricus, from Greek klimaktērikos, from klimakter rung of a ladder, from klimax ladder; see climax]

climacterically adv

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Noun	1.	climacteric - a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause biological time - the time of various biological processes middle age - the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)
	2.	climacteric - the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends change of life, menopause biological time - the time of various biological processes middle age - the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)

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climacteric [klaɪˈmæktərɪk]

A. ADJ → climactérico

B. N → período m climactérico

climacteric

n (Med) → Klimakterium nt; (fig) → (Lebens)wende f, → Wendepunkt m → (im Leben)

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biological time
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menopause
middle age
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He had the "Love-sonnets from the Portuguese" in mind as he wrote, and he wrote under the best conditions for great work, at a climacteric of living, in the throes of his own sweet love-madness.

Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context

And lastly, seated on some of the back benches, where they had already taken up their positions for the evening, were divers unmarried ladies past their grand climacteric, who, not dancing because there were no partners for them, and not playing cards lest they should be set down as irretrievably single, were in the favourable situation of being able to abuse everybody without reflecting on themselves.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

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