climacteric - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • call: All fruits that ripen in response to ethene show a characteristic rise in respiratory rate before the ripening phase, called a climacteric.

Modifies a noun

  • symptom: REFERENCES Greene, J. G. ( 1976 ) A factor analytic study of climacteric symptoms.
  • fruit: The other major exception is climacteric fruits, in which a marked rise in respiratory rate accompanies ripening.
  • syndrome: Vitamin E and climacteric syndrome: failure of effective control as measured by menopausal index.
  • complaint: Black cohosh and St. John's wort for climacteric complaints: a randomized trial.

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