climacterical period

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• climacteric — /klaɪˈmæktərɪk / (say kluy maktuhrik), /klaɪməkˈtɛrɪk / (say kluymuhk terik) adjective 1. relating to a critical period; crucial. 2. (of a fruit) continuing to ripen after harvesting because of its own production of ethylene and carbon dioxide.… …  

• climacteric — climacterically, adv. /kluy mak teuhr ik, kluy mak ter ik/, n. 1. Physiol. a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause. 2. any critical period. 3. a year in which important changes in… …   Universalium

• climacteric — [klī mak′tər ik, klī΄mak ter′ik] n. [L climactericus < Gr klimaktērikos < klimaktēr, round of a ladder < klimax, ladder: see CLIMAX] 1. a period in the life of a person when an important physiological change occurs; specif., the period… …   English World dictionary