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   climacteric

   /ˌklʌɪmakˈtɛrɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a critical period or event: "the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry"
   • 2. the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) menopause: "most women do not experience significant psychological problems at the climacteric"
   • 3. the ripening period of certain fruits such as apples, involving increased metabolism and only possible while still on the tree: "ripening accompanied by a sharp rise in respiration, the so-called climacteric"

   adjective

   • 1. having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical: "Britain must possess so climacteric a weapon in order to deter an atomically armed enemy"
   • 2. occurring at, characteristic of, or undergoing the climacteric; (in women) menopausal: "every year adds new symptoms to climacteric syndrome"
   • 3. (of a fruit) undergoing a climacteric: "it doesn't ripen off the tree, being a climacteric fruit"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘constituting a critical period in life’): from French climactérique or via Latin from Greek klimaktērikos, from klimaktēr ‘critical period’, from klimax ‘ladder, climax’.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › climactericClimacteric Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Climacteric can be an adjective meaning critical or crucial, or a noun meaning a major turning point or stage in life or fruit ripening. Learn the etymology, synonyms, examples, and medical usage of climacteric.

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   Climacteric is a noun that means a critical event or period, especially in physiology or botany. It can also be an adjective that describes something crucial or involving a climacteric. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and usage with examples.

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   Climacteric definition: a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.. See examples of CLIMACTERIC used in a sentence.

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   What does the word climacteric mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word climacteric. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. climacteric has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. psychology (mid 1700s) physiology (mid 1700s) weather (1830s) plants (1920s) See meaning & use.

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   Climacteric is a noun that means a critical period or year in a person's life, or a stage of ripening in fruits. It is also an adjective that means critical or crucial. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples from various sources.

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   Definitions of 'climacteric' 1. a period in the life of a person when an important physiological change occurs; specif., the period of menopause. [...] 2. any crucial period. [...] 3. of or resembling a climacteric; crucial. : [...] More. Examples of 'climacteric' in a sentence.

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   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.