What does "climacteric" mean?

A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.

What is a synonym for "climacteric"?

Common synonyms include: menopause, acute, change of life, change of life, charged, climacterium.

Pronounced //klʌɪmakˈtɛɹɪk//.

//klʌɪmakˈtɛɹɪk// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
"It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world."
2
the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends wordnet
3
A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
4
a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause wordnet
5
The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.
"Once women have traversed the turmoil of the climacteric years and reached the hormonal steady-state of the post-menopause, there is almost certainly no increase in the incidence of depression."

Adjective

1
Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life.
"Closely parallel to the belief in unlucky days was the notion of climacteric years, those periodic dates in a man's life which were potential turning-points in his health and fortune."
2
Critical or crucial; decisive.
"The seeds of a climateric insurrection against the hypocrisy of cultural norms."
3
Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.
4
Climactic.
5
(of fruit) That continues to ripen after being harvested.