climacteric
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climacteric
- /klʌɪmakˈtɛɹɪk/
- /klʌɪˈmaktəɹɪk/
Where it comes from
From Latin clīmactēricus, from Koine Greek κλιμακτηρικός (klimaktērikós), from κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr, “scale, progression, gradation”).
adjective more climacteric · most climacteric
- Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life. Closely parallel to the belief in unlucky days was the notion of climacteric years, those periodic dates in a man's life which were potential turning-points in his health and fortune.
- Critical or crucial; decisive. The seeds of a climateric insurrection against the hypocrisy of cultural norms.
- Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.
- Climactic.
- (of fruit) That continues to ripen after being harvested.
noun climacterics
- A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point. It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world.
- A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
- The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. Once women have traversed the turmoil of the climacteric years and reached the hormonal steady-state of the post-menopause, there is almost certainly no increase in the incidence of depression.
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adj critical, crucial
| Русский | крити́ческий kritíčeskij, опа́сный opásnyj, напряжённый naprjažónnyj, реша́ющий rešájuščij, перело́мный perelómnyj, кульминацио́нный kulʹminaciónnyj |
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adj relating to a period of physiological change during middle age
| Deutsch | klimakterisch |
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| Русский | климактери́ческий klimakteríčeskij |
adj that continues to ripen after being harvested
| Deutsch | klimakterisch |
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noun period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women
| Português | climatério |
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| Français | climatère |
| Deutsch | Klimakterium |
| Italiano | climaterio |
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title = {climacteric},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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