Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
cli·mac·te·ri·um Pronunciation:
"klI-"mak-'tir-E-&m Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural cli·mac·te·ria /-E-&/ : the bodily and psychic involutional changes accompanying the transition from middle life to old age;
specifically : menopause and the bodily and mental changes that accompany it
