English to English
adjective
- Relating to a climacteric; critical.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
source: WordNet 3.0
- the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
