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climacteric
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climacteric: see menopause menopause (mĕn`əpôz) or climacteric
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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)


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For centuries now, Britain's right little, tight little island has, by its exertions and its good sense, been spared the great climacterics which shook a country into transformation.
 
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