Medical Term:

climacteric

Pronunciation: klī-mak′ter-ik, klī-mak-ter′ik

Definition:

  1. The period of endocrinal, somatic, and transitory psychological changes occurring in the transition to menopause.
  2. A critical period of life.

Synonym(s): climacterium

[G. klimaktēr, the rung of a ladder]

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