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Noun: climacteric  klI'mak-tu-rik
  1. A period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
     
  2. The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
    - menopause, change of life

Derived forms: climacterics

Type of: biological time

Part of: middle age

Encyclopedia: Climacteric

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