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puberty
[ pyoo-ber-tee ]
noun
- 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
/ ˈpjuːbətɪ /
noun
- the period at the beginning of adolescence when the sex glands become functional and the secondary sexual characteristics emerge Also calledpubescence hebetic
puberty
/ pyo̅o̅′bər-tē /
- 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
- ˈpubertal, adjective
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Other Words From
- post·puber·ty adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of puberty1
C14: from Latin pūbertās maturity, from pūber adult
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Example Sentences
That our Post-Puberty Dennis the Menace appears to be lost in such deep slumber seems only understandable.
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Puberty, pū′bėr-ti, n. the age of full development: early manhood or womanhood: the period when a plant begins to flower.
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Puberty is reached relatively late, usually between the fourteenth and sixteenth years.
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Puberty comes to both sexes as early as at ten and eleven years.
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By "Puberty" is meant the age at which a woman begins her period of possible child-bearing experience.
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Puberty marks its advent, although the exact sign of its arrival is hard to determine.
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