CLIMAX

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 13

(Lat.), n. f. Klim(klem)'a2x(a3x). Gen., clim'acos (-is). Gr., icAi/uof. Fr., It.. Sp., c. The highest point, the greatest degree. The stage of greatest intensity. [L, 56.] [s. 314]