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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The bodily and mental changes linked to the reproductive and endocrine function in men and women occurring during the latter part of middle age.

Synonyms

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climacteric

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr).

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