The period between two climacteric years.

A climacteric or critical year or period of time; spec. the 63rd year of a person's life. Also in grand climacterical: = grand climacteric at climac…

A climacteric or critical year or period of time in a person's life or career; spec. the female menopause. Also: a year or period of time in which a…

A climacterial year; = grand climacteric at climacteric, n. 2a.

Any of certain supposedly critical years of human life, when a person was considered to be particularly liable to change in health or fortune…

Medicine and Psychology. The period in middle age at which a person's reproductive or sexual capacity declines; spec. (in women) the menopause. Also…

= climacteric, n. 2b.

Medicine and Psychology. The menopause; = climacterium, n. Cf. climacteric, n. 2b.