Climacteric can refer to:
- Climacteric year, in astrology
- Climacteric (human), a phase in human, specially female, development
- Climacteric (botany), a stage of fruit ripening
- Climacteric (journal), a journal published by Informa Healthcare
Famous quotes containing the word climacteric:
“The climacteric marks the end of apologizing. The chrysalis of conditioning has once for all to break and the female woman finally to emerge.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)
“Though her years were waning,
Her climacteric teased her like her teens.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The climacteric marks the end of apologizing. The chrysalis of conditioning has once for all to break and the female woman finally to emerge.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)