climacteric

1. Post-harvesting increase in metabolic rate and production of carbon dioxide and ethylene associated with ripening in some (but not all) fruits.

2. Clinically, the menopause in women, or declining sexual drive and fertility in men after middle age.

noun

A decisive point: crisis, crossroad (used in plural), exigence, exigency, head, juncture, pass, turning point, zero hour. See decide/hesitate.

adjective

So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis: acute, critical, crucial, desperate, dire. See safety/danger.

(klīmak′tərik, klī′makter′ik)
n

The period during which women gradually lose their reproductive capabilities as a result of aging. Also used as an adjective to describe this period.

IN BRIEF: Any crucial period or event.

The winning of the war was climacteric in the country's history.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klimakterie, kritisk periode
adj. - overgangs-

Nederlands (Dutch)
menopauze, kritieke levensfase, kritiek

Français (French)
n. - climatère, (fig) point crucial
adj. - crucial

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wechseljahre, Wendepunkt
adj. - entscheidend, klimakterisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κλιμακτήριος, εμμηνόπαυση
adj. - κλιμακτήριος, κλιμακτηρικός, (μτφ.) κρίσιμος

Italiano (Italian)
climaterico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - climatério (m)
adj. - crucial

Русский (Russian)
климактерий, климактерический, критический

Español (Spanish)
n. - climaterio, momento crítico
adj. - climatérico, crítico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klimakterium, klimakteriskt år, kritisk period
adj. - klimakterisk, kritisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
转变期, 绝经期, 更年期, 更年期的, 重要时期的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 轉變期, 絕經期, 更年期
adj. - 更年期的, 重要時期的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 갱년기, 액년, 위험기
adj. - 갱년기의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 更年期, 転換期, 厄年
adj. - 厄年の, 更年期の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سن اليأس, , فترة حرجه (صفه) حرجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תקופת החיים בה הפוריות והפעילות המינית נמצאות בירידה, תקופה קריטית משוערת בחיים‬
adj. - ‮מהווה משבר, קריטי‬

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