cli|mac|ter|ic

cli|mac|ter|ic
cli|mac|ter|ic «kly MAK tuhr ihk, KLY mak TEHR-», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a time when some important event occurs, changing the course of things; crucial period: »

Italy's climacteric came in 1948, when Signor Alcide de Gasperi was returned as Prime Minister in the first elections since the new Constitution (Observer).

2. a period of life when the body becomes fundamentally changed, especially the period of the menopause in women or a similar time of change in men.
–adj.
of or like a period when some important event or change occurs; crucial: »

The Korean War gave China her great opportunity…to get Russia out of North Korea—an aspect of that climacteric conflict which we in the West all too easily overlooked (Edward Crankshaw).

 SYNONYM(S): critical.
╂[< Latin clīmactēricus < Greek klīmaktērikós of a critical period < klīmakt rung of a ladder < klîmax ladder < kl lean, incline]

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  • cli|mac|ter|i|cal — «KLY mak TEHR uh kuhl», adjective, noun. = climacteric. (Cf. ↑climacteric) …   Useful english dictionary

  • ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… …   English syllables

  • mac — an·ti·cli·mac·tic; cli·mac·te·ri·al; cli·mac·te·ri·um; cli·mac·tic; im·mac·u·la·cy; im·mac·u·late; li·mac·i·dae; li·mac·i·form; MAC; mac·ad·am; mac·a·damia; mac·ad·am·iza·tion; mac·ad·am·ize; mac·a·nese; mac·a·rize; mac·a·ro·ni; mac·a·ro·nism;… …   English syllables

  • climacteric — cli·mac·ter·ic …   English syllables

  • climacteric — cli•mac•ter•ic [[t]klaɪˈmæk tər ɪk, ˌklaɪ mækˈtɛr ɪk[/t]] n. 1) phl a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause 2) any critical period 3) a year in which important changes in health,… …   From formal English to slang

  • climacterical — cli·mac·ter·i·cal …   English syllables

  • cal — abi·o·log·i·cal; adre·no·cor·ti·cal; aero·bi·o·log·i·cal; aero·chem·i·cal; aero·log·i·cal; aero·med·i·cal; aero·nau·ti·cal; aero·phys·i·cal; aero·tech·ni·cal; aes·thet·i·cal·ly; afo·cal; ag·a·tho·kak·o·log·i·cal; ag·nat·i·cal·ly;… …   English syllables

  • ic — ot·ic; zo·ic; IC; ac·a·dem·ic; ac·ro·bat·ic; ac·ro·me·gal·ic; ac·ro·nar·cot·ic; acryl·ic; adon·ic; ae·ol·ic; aero·stat·ic; al·ca·ic; al·co·hol·ic; al·go·gen·ic; al·pha·nu·mer·ic; al·ta·ic; am·har·ic; am·o·rit·ic; an·al·pha·bet·ic; an·a·lyt·ic;… …   English syllables

  • climacteric — 1. The period of endocrinal, somatic, and transitory psychologic changes occurring in the transition to menopause. 2. A critical period of life. SYN: climacterium. [G. klimakter, the rung of a ladder] * * * cli·mac·ter·ic klī mak t(ə )rik, .klī… …   Medical dictionary

  • Climacter — Cli*mac ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, prop., round of a ladder, fr. ? ladder: cf. F. climact[ e]re. See {Climax}.] See {Climacteric}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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