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Medical Chinese dictionary (湘雅医学词典). 2013.
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Climacteric (biology) — In current practice, climacteric is most often a synonym for female menopause. In Princeton University s online Wordnet database, climacteric is listed as: cite web |url=http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn |title=WordNet Search 3.0… … Wikipedia
Climacteric (botany) — The climacteric is a stage of fruit ripening associated with ethylene production and cell respiration rise.[1][2] Apples, bananas, melons, apricots, tomatoes (among others) are climacteric fruit. Citrus, grapes, strawberries are non climacteric… … Wikipedia
climacteric — ► NOUN 1) Medicine the period of life when fertility is in decline; (in women) the menopause. 2) a critical period or event. ► ADJECTIVE 1) having extreme and far reaching implications or results; critical. 2) Medicine characteristic of or… … English terms dictionary
climacteric — [klī mak′tər ik, klī΄mak ter′ik] n. [L climactericus < Gr klimaktērikos < klimaktēr, round of a ladder < klimax, ladder: see CLIMAX] 1. a period in the life of a person when an important physiological change occurs; specif., the period… … English World dictionary
climacteric — c.1600 (adj.), 1620s (n.), from L. climactericus, from Gk. klimakterikos of a critical period, from klimakter rung of a ladder (see CLIMAX (Cf. climax)). A critical stage in human life, a period supposed to be especially liable to change. By some … Etymology dictionary
climacteric phase — noun (botany) (in certain fruits) the period when full growth has been achieved and an increased respiration rate promotes rapid ripening • • • Main Entry: ↑climacteric … Useful english dictionary
Climacteric — Cli*mac ter*ic, n. 1. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Climacteric (human) — In current practice, climacteric is most often a synonym for female menopause. In Princeton University s online Wordnet database, climacteric is listed as: [1] (n) climacteric (a period in a man s life corresponding to menopause) (n) menopause,… … Wikipedia
climacteric — 1. The period of endocrinal, somatic, and transitory psychologic changes occurring in the transition to menopause. 2. A critical period of life. SYN: climacterium. [G. klimakter, the rung of a ladder] * * * cli·mac·ter·ic klī mak t(ə )rik, .klī… … Medical dictionary
climacteric — 1. noun a) 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… … Wiktionary
climacteric — [klʌɪ makt(ə)rɪk, ˌklʌɪmak tɛrɪk] noun 1》 a critical period or event. 2》 Medicine the period of life when fertility is in decline; (in women) the menopause. 3》 Botany the ripening period while still on the tree of certain fruits such as apples,… … English new terms dictionary
