Climacteric - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |klaɪˈmæktərɪk|  American pronunciation of the word climacteric
Brit.  |klæɪˈmækt(ə)rɪk|  British pronunciation of the word climacteric

noun

- a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
- the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends (syn: menopause)

Extra examples

...as the war reached its climacteric phase, the atrocities dramatically increased, both in number and brutality...

...historians attempting to pinpoint the Roman Empire's climacteric, that precise moment when it began its long downhill slide...

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