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"(medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause."
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/klʌɪmakˈtɛɹɪk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/klʌɪˈmaktəɹɪk/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "3. The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Klimakterium"
}
],
"word": "climacteric"
}
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