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Synonyms
cli·mac·ter·ic (klī-măḱtər-ĭk, klī́măk-tĕŕĭk)

[From Latin clīmactēricus, of a dangerous period in life, from Greek klīmaktērikos, from klīmaktēr, dangerous point, rung of a ladder, from klīmax, ladder; see climax.]

noun 

    1. A period of life characterized by physiological and psychic change that marks the end of the reproductive capacity of women and terminates with the completion of menopause.
    2. A corresponding period sometimes occurring in men that may be marked by a reduction in sexual activity, although fertility is retained.
  2. A critical period or year in a person's life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
  3. A critical stage, period, or year: “before the end of the millennium, whether lives to see that ecclesiastical climacteric or not” (Conor Cruise O'Brien)

adjective 

  1. Of or relating to a climacteric.
  2. Critical; crucial.