climacteric

Meaning

Adj

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.

Noun

1. A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
2. 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).
3. The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.

Synonyms

menopause

change of life

climacterium

crucial

climacter

climax

critical

‼️

perilous

dangerous

climactical

crucial period

menopausal period

climactic

Translations

ménopause

menopausa

menopoz

menopausa

menopausa

climateri

Menopause

klimakterisch

climatério

climatère

κρίσιμος

κρίσιμη περίοδος

climatérique

Wechseljahre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klʌɪmakˈtɛɹɪk/

Etymology

From Latin clīmactēricus, from Koine Greek κλιμακτηρικός (klimaktērikós, “scale, progression, gradation”), from κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr).