CHANGE OF LIFE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends

Synonyms:

change of life; climacteric; menopause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("change of life" is a kind of...):

biological time (the time of various biological processes)

Holonyms ("change of life" is a part of...):

middle age (the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age))

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