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Definition of Climacteric

1. Noun. A period in a man's life corresponding to menopause.

2. Noun. The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends.

Definition of Climacteric

1. a. Relating to a climacteric; critical.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Climacteric

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Medical Definition of Climacteric

1. A particular stage of fruit ripening, characterised by a surge of respiratory activity and usually coinciding with full ripeness and flavour in the fruit. Its appearance is hastened by ethylene at low concentrations. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Climacteric

cliff dweller cliff dwelling cliff penstemon cliff rose cliff swallow clift clifted cliftier cliftiest Cliftonia

Cliftonia monophylla clifts clifty climacophobia climacteric (current term) climacteric (current term) climacterics climacteric psychosis climacteric syndrome climacterium

climactic climactically climatal climate climated climates climate change climatic climatic climatical

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