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climacteric
cli·mac·ter·ic / klīˈmaktərik; ˌklīmakˈterik/ • n. a critical period or event: the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry. ∎ Med. the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) menopause. ∎ Bot. the ripening period of certain fruits such as apples, involving increased metabolism and only possible while on the tree. • adj. having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical. ∎ Med. occurring at, characteristic of, or undergoing the climacteric; (in women) menopausal. ∎ Bot. (of a fruit) undergoing a climacteric. |
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"climacteric." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "climacteric." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-climacteric.html "climacteric." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-climacteric.html |
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climacteric pert. to a critical period (in human life); also sb. XVI (formerly often climateric). — F. climatérique or L. clīmactēricus — Gr. klīmaktērikós, f. klîmax, klīmak- ladder + -tēr agent-suffix.
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T. F. HOAD. "climacteric." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "climacteric." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-climacteric.html T. F. HOAD. "climacteric." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-climacteric.html |
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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. |
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DAVID A. BENDER. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-climacteric.html DAVID A. BENDER. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-climacteric.html |
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climacteric (kly-mak-ter-ik) n. see menopause. male c. declining sexual drive and fertility in men, usually occurring around or after middle age.
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"climacteric." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-climacteric.html "climacteric." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-climacteric.html |
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climacteric In plants, the phase of increased respiration found at the ripening of fruit and at senescence.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-climacteric.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-climacteric.html |
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-climacteric.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "climacteric." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-climacteric.html |
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climacteric see menopause . |
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"climacteric." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "climacteric." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-climacte.html "climacteric." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-climacte.html |
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climacteric
•Amharic, barbaric, Garrick, Pindaric, samsaric
•fabric • cambric • Aelfric • chivalric
•geriatric, paediatric (US pediatric), Patrick, psychiatric, theatric
•tantric
•epigastric, gastric
•alphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, hysteric, mesmeric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric
•red-brick • Cedric
•calendric, Kendrick
•anthropometric, asymmetric, diametric, geometric, isometric, kilometric, metric, obstetric, psychometric, pyrometric, sociometric
•electric, hydroelectric, photoelectric
•androcentric, centric, concentric, eccentric, egocentric, ethnocentric, Eurocentric, geocentric, phallocentric, theocentric
•airbrick • hayrick • Friedrich
•Dietrich
•empiric, lyric, panegyric, Pyrrhic, satiric, satyric, vampiric
•pinprick • citric • oneiric • hydric
•nitric
•aleatoric, allegoric, anaphoric, camphoric, categoric, choric, Doric, euphoric, historic, metaphoric, meteoric, phantasmagoric, phosphoric, pyrophoric, semaphoric, sophomoric, theophoric, Warwick, Yorick
•con trick
•auric, boric, folkloric
•Kubrick, rubric
•Ugric • Cymric • xeric • firebrick
•Rurik, sulphuric (US sulfuric), telluric, Zürich
•Frederick • Roderick • undertrick
•agaric • Alaric • choleric • limerick
•turmeric
•archbishopric, bishopric
•rhetoric • maverick • overtrick
•Masaryk
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"climacteric." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "climacteric." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-climacteric.html "climacteric." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-climacteric.html |
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