Climacteric (human)
[1]In current practice, climacteric a period in a woman's life corresponding to menopause. In Princeton University's online Wordnet database, climacteric is listed as:[2]
- (n) climacteric (a period in a woman's life corresponding to menopause)
- (n) menopause, climacteric, change of life (the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends)
The term is used by the International Menopause Society, which defines itself as "the society for the study of all aspects of the menopause in human."
See also
References
- ↑ http://worddetail.org/definition/climacteric
- ↑ "WordNet Search - 3.0". Retrieved 2007-12-17.
External links
- Climacteric at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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