climacteric

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/klaɪˈmæktərɪk/, /ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(klī mak′tər ik, klī′mak ter′ik)

cli•mac•ter•ic (klī mak′tər ik, klī′mak ter′ik),USA pronunciation n.

Physiologya period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.
any critical period.
a year in which important changes in health, fortune, etc., are held by some theories to occur, as one's sixty-third year (grand climacteric.)
the period of maximum respiration in a fruit, during which it becomes fully ripened.

adj.

Greek klīmaktērikós (klīmakté̄r rung of a ladder, critical point in life, equivalent. to klīmak-, stem of klîmax (see climax) + -tēr noun, nominal suffix) + -ikos -ic
Latin clīmactēricus
1595–1605

cli′mac•ter′i•cal•ly, adv.

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climacteric /klaɪˈmæktərɪk; ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk/ n

a critical event or period
another name for menopause
the period in the life of a man corresponding to the menopause, chiefly characterized by diminished sexual activity

adj also: climacterical /ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk^əl/

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin clīmactēricus, from Greek klimaktērikos, from klimaktēr rung of a ladder, from klimax ladder; see climax

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