noun.
A critical period or year in a person's life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
noun.
A critical stage, period, or year.
adjective.
Of or relating to a climacteric.
adjective.
Critical; crucial.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to a critical period, crisis, or climax.
noun.
A critical period in life, or a period in winch some great change is supposed to take place in the human constitution; especially, the so-called change of life or menopause.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
noun.
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.
noun.
The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the change of life
noun.
A criticalstage or decisivepoint; a crisis
adjective.
Of or pertaining to the climacteric
adjective.critical or crucial
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noun.
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
noun.
a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
Word Usage
"Fruits that do continue ripening off the tree are called climacteric."