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CLIMACTERIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
Synonyms:
change of life; climacteric; menopause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("climacteric" is a kind of...):
biological time (the time of various biological processes)
Holonyms ("climacteric" is a part of...):
middle age (the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("climacteric" is a kind of...):
biological time (the time of various biological processes)
Holonyms ("climacteric" is a part of...):
middle age (the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age))
