climacteric(al)
11climacteric — climactic, climatic, climacteric Climactic means ‘forming a climax’ and is a favourite word of sports reporters and theatre critics • (I pleasurably recall the climactic, closing minutes of the first act Evening Standard, 2006) climatic means… …
12climacteric — I. adjective Etymology: Latin climactericus, from Greek klimaktērikos, from klimaktēr critical point, literally, rung of a ladder, from klimak , klimax ladder Date: 1582 1. constituting or relating to a climacteric 2. critical, crucial II. noun D …
13climacteric — 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… …
14climacteric — Synonyms and related words: change of life, charged, clutch, convergence of events, crisis, critical, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads, crucial, crucial period, crunch, decisive, desperate, dire, emergency, emergent, exigency,… …
15climacteric — [klʌɪ makt(ə)rɪk, ˌklʌɪmak tɛrɪk] noun 1》 a critical period or event. 2》 Medicine the period of life when fertility is in decline; (in women) the menopause. 3》 Botany the ripening period while still on the tree of certain fruits such as apples,… …
16climacteric — n 1.Physiology. menopause, change of life; crucial age, grand climacteric. 2. crisis, crux, crunch, crest; crossroads, turning point, critical moment or point, critical period, crucial moment, critical juncture, juncture, moment of truth, climax …
17climacteric — cli•mac•ter•ic [[t]klaɪˈmæk tər ɪk, ˌklaɪ mækˈtɛr ɪk[/t]] n. 1) phl 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 health,… …
18climacteric — /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.… …
19climacteric — climactic / climacteric [adj] decisive acute, climactical, critical, crucial, desperate, dire, paramount, peak; concept 567 Ant. anticlimacteric, anticlimactic, bathetic, indecisive, trivial, undecided …
20climacteric — a. critical; forming a turning point or crisis; n. turning point, especially in life of individual, generally reckoned at 21, 35, 49, 63 and 81 years of age; change of life , menopause. ♦ grand climacteric, 63rd or 81st year of life. ♦… …
