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puberty

[ pyoo-ber-tee ]

noun

  1. the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.


puberty

/ ˈ±èÂá³Ü˲úÉ™³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. the period at the beginning of adolescence when the sex glands become functional and the secondary sexual characteristics emerge Also calledpubescence hebetic
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puberty

/ ±è²â´ÇÌ…´Ç̅′²úÉ™°ù-³Ùŧ /

  1. The stage in the development of humans and other primates marked by the development of secondary sex characteristics , including menarche in females. In humans, puberty occurs at the onset of adolescence, between the ages of about 11 and 14 in girls and 13 and 16 in boys.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è³Ü²ú±ð°ù³Ù²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è´Ç²õ³Ù·±è³Üb±ð°ù·³Ù²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puberty1

1350–1400; Middle English puberte < Latin ±èÅ«²ú±ð°ù³ÙÄå²õ adulthood, equivalent to ±èÅ«²ú±ð°ù- , stem of ±èÅ«²úŧ²õ grown-up + -³ÙÄå²õ -ty 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puberty1

C14: from Latin ±èÅ«²ú±ð°ù³ÙÄå²õ maturity, from ±èÅ«²ú±ð°ù adult
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In reality, that was the summer puberty hit me like a truck.

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Tennessee and 23 Republican-led states recently adopted laws prohibiting doctors from prescribing puberty blockers or hormones for minors with gender dysphoria.

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But around the time he went through puberty — and got his first cellphone — Puerta noticed a stark change in his son’s demeanor.

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To me, it was a bible for adult life, which, being on the edge of puberty and going into year seven, felt like a total must-read.

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A study by Harvard researchers found that fewer than 1% adolescents with private health insurance received either puberty blockers or hormone treatments.

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