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climacteric: see menopause menopause (mĕn`əpôz) or climacteric ..... Click the link for more information. . climacteric 1. another name for menopause 2. the period in the life of a man corresponding to the menopause, chiefly characterized by diminished sexual activity 3. Botany the period during which certain fruits, such as apples, ripen, marked by a rise in the rate of respiration climacteric [klī′mak·tə·rik] (physiology) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He had the "Love-sonnets from the Portuguese" in mind as he wrote, and he wrote under the best conditions for great work, at a climacteric of living, in the throes of his own sweet love-madness. And lastly, seated on some of the back benches, where they had already taken up their positions for the evening, were divers unmarried ladies past their grand climacteric, who, not dancing because there were no partners for them, and not playing cards lest they should be set down as irretrievably single, were in the favourable situation of being able to abuse everybody without reflecting on themselves. |
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