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  Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L.
     climactericus, Gr. ?. See Climacter.]
     Relating to a climacteric; critical.
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  Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\, n.
     1. A period in human life in which some great change is
        supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical
        periods are thought by some to be the years produced by
        multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to
        which others add the 81st year.
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     2. Any critical period.
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              It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one
              of the grand climacterics of the world. --Southey.
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  Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L.
     climactericus, Gr. ?. See Climacter.]
     Relating to a climacteric; critical.

  Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\, n.
     1. A period in human life in which some great change is
        supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical
        periods are thought by some to be the years produced by
        multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to
        which others add the 81st year.
  
     2. Any critical period.
  
              It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one
              of the grand climacterics of the world. --Southey.
  
     Grand or Great climacteric, the sixty-third year of human
        life.
  
              I should hardly yield my rigid fibers to be
              regenerated by them; nor begin, in my grand
              climacteric, to squall in their new accents, or to
              stammer, in my second cradle, the elemental sounds
              of their barbarous metaphysics.       --Burke.

  climacteric
       n 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
          [syn: menopause, change of life]

  climacteric
     a.
     Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's
  life. (from 17th c.)
     n.
     1 A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point. (from 17th c.)
     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). (from 17th c.)
     3 (lb en medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows
  the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. (from 18th c.)

  climacteric
     a.
     Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's
  life. (from 17th c.)
     n.
     1 A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point. (from 17th c.)
     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). (from 17th c.)
     3 (lb en medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows
  the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. (from 18th c.)

  climacteric
     a.
     Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's
  life. (from 17th c.)
     n.
     1 A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point. (from 17th c.)
     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). (from 17th c.)
     3 (lb en medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows
  the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. (from 18th c.)

  climacteric
     a.
     Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's
  life. (from 17th c.)
     n.
     1 A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point. (from 17th c.)
     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). (from 17th c.)
     3 (lb en medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows
  the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. (from 18th c.)

  Climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/
  الفترة الحرجة

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/ 
  klimax

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/ 
  zlom (greek)
  

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/ 
  klimaktérium

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/ 
  klimakterický

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/
  Klimakterium , Menopause , Wechseljahre , Abänderung  [Schw.]  [med.]
     Synonyms: climacteric period, menopause
  
   see: male menopause, andropause, menopausal women
  

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/
  einschneidend, tiefgreifend, folgenschwer, bedeutsam 
        "a climacteric event"  - ein einschneidendes Ereignis
   see: a climacteric
  

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/
  klimakterisch  [med.]

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/ 
  climatério

  climacteric /klˌaɪmɐktˈɛɹɪk/
  1. buhranlı yaş devresi
  2. menopoz, adet kesilmesi
  3. buhranlı devreye ait. climacter'ical  buhranlı, buhranlı devreye ait.

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "climacteric":
     change of life, charged, clutch, convergence of events, crisis,
     critical, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads, crucial,
     crucial period, crunch, decisive, desperate, dire, emergency,
     emergent, exigency, exigent, extremity, grand climacteric, hinge,
     kairotic, loaded, menopause, pass, pinch, pivotal, pregnant, push,
     rub, strait, turn, turning point
  
  

  n.重要的转折点，危机期

     n. 转变期;危机