climacteriumn.
/ˌklʌɪmakˈtɪərɪəm/, U.S. /ˌklaɪmækˈtɪriəm/ Medicine and Psychology.
= climacteric n. 2b.
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change of life1761
turn of life1772
menopause1852
climacterium1876
time of life1971
the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] > middle age > climacteric
climate1574
climacterical1611
climacter1623
climacterial?1632
grand climacteric1634
climacteric1742
climacterium1876
climactery1887
1876 tr. W. H. Erb in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XI. 24 This predisposition of advanced age to neuralgic disease depends in part upon the powerful influence of the climacterium upon the nervous system.
1921 S. Paton Human Behavior x. 321 Men present no turning-point in life as distinct and sharply marked off as there is in women at the climacterium.
1956 Marriage & Family Living 18 257/1 She was confronted with several impinging transitional stresses in her life, including..the gradual physiological changes associated with her climacterium.
1970 L. E. Hinsie & R. J. Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 4) 133/2 Climacterium, male, an ill-defined syndrome in males, in middle life, and thought of as analogous to the menopause in females.
1991 G. Greer Change i. 11 Julia's anxiety, with its telescoping of the next thirty years into a single grim tomorrow, is typical of the climacterium.
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