climacteric

Etymology
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life.
 * 2) Critical or crucial; decisive.
 * 3)  Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.
 * 4) Climactic.
 * 1)  Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.
 * 2) Climactic.
 * 1) Climactic.

Translations

 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κλιμακτηρικός
 * Russian:, , , , , кульминацио́нный


 * German:
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1) A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
 * 2) * Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since, p. 66-67.
 * [H]e was in his grand climacterick, with a florid brow, and a step like youthful agility. Sigourney, Lydia.
 * 1) A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
 * 2)  The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.
 * 1) A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
 * 2)  The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.

Translations

 * German: