climacteric

[ klahy-mak-ter-ik, klahy-mak-ter-ik ]

/ klaɪˈmæk tər ɪk, ˌklaɪ mækˈtɛr ɪk /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR climacteric ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

Physiology. a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.

any critical period.

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.

adjective

Also cli·mac·ter·i·cal

[klahy-mak-ter-i-kuhl]. /ˌklaɪ mækˈtɛr ɪ kəl/. critical; crucial.

Origin of climacteric

1595–1605; <Latin clīmactēricus<Greek klīmaktērikós (klīmaktḗr rung of a ladder, critical point in life, equivalent to klīmak-, stem of klîmax (see climax) + -tēr noun suffix) + -ikos-ic

OTHER WORDS FROM climacteric

cli·mac·ter·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby climacteric

Cliffs Notes, cliff swallow, cliffy, clift, Clifton, climacteric, climactic, climant, climate, climate canary, climate change

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for climacteric

That might be safer—but also it would mar the climacteric effect and so offend his sense of artistic fitness.
Destiny|Charles Neville Buck
That Council has always been considered a cardinal point,—a sort of climacteric in the history of the early Church.
Primitive Christian Worship|James Endell Tyler
Nature's laws are inexorable; every transgression thereof is surely punished, even at the climacteric period, if not before.
Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects|Henry Newell Guernsey
After that climacteric night at St. Jacques, when somehow the expected did not happen, Suzanne had been thinking.
The "Genius"|Theodore Dreiser

That their overthrow may be the more impressive and climacteric.
New Tabernacle Sermons|Thomas De Witt Talmage

British Dictionary definitions for climacteric

climacteric

/ (klaɪˈmæktərɪk, ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk) /

noun

a critical event or period

another name for menopause

the period in the life of a man corresponding to the menopause, chiefly characterized by diminished sexual activity

botany the period during which certain fruits, such as apples, ripen, marked by a rise in the rate of respiration

adjective Also: climacterical (ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪkəl)

involving a crucial event or period

Derived forms of climacteric

climacterically, adverb

Word Origin for climacteric

C16: from Latin clīmactēricus, from Greek klimaktērikos, from klimakter rung of a ladder, from klimax ladder; see climax

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for climacteric

climacteric

[ klī-măk′tər-ĭk, klī′măk-tĕr′ĭk ]

n.

menopause

perimenopause

The period in a man's life corresponding to female menopause, characterized by decreased libido.

单词	climacteric
释义	climacteric [ klahy-mak-ter-ik, klahy-mak-ter-ik ] / klaɪˈmæk tər ɪk, ˌklaɪ mækˈtɛr ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR climacteric ON THESAURUS.COM noun Physiology. a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause. any critical period. 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. adjective Also cli·mac·ter·i·cal [klahy-mak-ter-i-kuhl]. /ˌklaɪ mækˈtɛr ɪ kəl/. critical; crucial. Origin of climacteric 1595–1605; <Latin clīmactēricus<Greek klīmaktērikós (klīmaktḗr rung of a ladder, critical point in life, equivalent to klīmak-, stem of klîmax (see climax) + -tēr noun suffix) + -ikos-ic OTHER WORDS FROM climacteric cli·mac·ter·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby climacteric Cliffs Notes, cliff swallow, cliffy, clift, Clifton, climacteric, climactic, climant, climate, climate canary, climate change Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for climacteric That might be safer—but also it would mar the climacteric effect and so offend his sense of artistic fitness. Destiny\|Charles Neville Buck That Council has always been considered a cardinal point,—a sort of climacteric in the history of the early Church. Primitive Christian Worship\|James Endell Tyler Nature's laws are inexorable; every transgression thereof is surely punished, even at the climacteric period, if not before. Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects\|Henry Newell Guernsey After that climacteric night at St. Jacques, when somehow the expected did not happen, Suzanne had been thinking. The "Genius"\|Theodore Dreiser That their overthrow may be the more impressive and climacteric. New Tabernacle Sermons\|Thomas De Witt Talmage British Dictionary definitions for climacteric climacteric / (klaɪˈmæktərɪk, ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪk) / noun a critical event or period another name for menopause the period in the life of a man corresponding to the menopause, chiefly characterized by diminished sexual activity botany the period during which certain fruits, such as apples, ripen, marked by a rise in the rate of respiration adjective Also: climacterical (ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪkəl) involving a crucial event or period Derived forms of climacteric climacterically, adverb Word Origin for climacteric C16: from Latin clīmactēricus, from Greek klimaktērikos, from klimakter rung of a ladder, from klimax ladder; see climax Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to climacteric acute, key, defining, juncture, climax, crossroad, head, crisis, crucial, decisive, significant Medical definitions for climacteric climacteric [ klī-măk′tər-ĭk, klī′măk-tĕr′ĭk ] n. menopause perimenopause The period in a man's life corresponding to female menopause, characterized by decreased libido. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
随便看	summerhouse summerize summer kitchen summerlike summerly summer pudding summer roll summersault summer sausage summer school summer solstice summer sores summer squash summer stock hemic hemicardia hemicellulose hemicentrum hemicephalalgia hemicephalia hemichordate hemichorea hemic murmur hemicolectomy hemicrania

climacteric

noun

adjective

Origin of climacteric

OTHER WORDS FROM climacteric

Words nearby climacteric

Example sentences from the Web for climacteric

British Dictionary definitions for climacteric

noun

adjective Also: climacterical (ˌklaɪmækˈtɛrɪkəl)

Derived forms of climacteric

Word Origin for climacteric

Words related to climacteric

Medical definitions for climacteric

n.