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1. (n.) puberty
the period of life during which the genital organs mature, secondary sex characteristics develop, and the individual becomes capable of sexual reproduction.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME puberte < L pūbertās adulthood =pūber-, s. of pūbēs grown-up +-tās -ty2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) puberty, pubescence
the time of life when sex glands become functional
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) PUBERTY
the earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females
2. (noun) PUBERTY
the period when a plant first bears flowers
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. PUBERTY
A period in the human life in which the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system takes place and reaches full maturity. The onset of synchronized endocrine events in puberty lead to the capacity for reproduction (FERTILITY), development of secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS, and other changes seen in ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT.
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Sense: the time when a child's body becomes sexually mature.
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 Afrikaans: puberteit |
 Arabic: سِن البُلوغ |
 Bulgarian: пубертет |
 Brazilian: puberdade |
 Czech: puberta |
 German: die Pubertät |
 Danish: pubertet |
 Greek: εφηβεία |
 Spanish: pubertad |
 Estonian: murdeiga |
 Farsi: بلوغ |
 Finnish: puberteetti |
 French: puberté |
 Hebrew: שֶׁל אֵזוֹר הַעֵרווָה |
 Hindi: यौवनारंभ |
 Hungarian: serdülőkor |
 Indonesian: pubertas |
 Icelandic: kynþroski, gelgjuskeið |
 Italian: pubertà |
 Japanese: 思春期 |
 Korean: 사춘기 |
 Lithuanian: lytinis subrendimas |
 Latvian: pubertāte |
 Malay: baligh |
 Dutch: puberteit |
 Norwegian: pubertet |
 Polish: pokwitanie |
 Persian: بلوغ |
 Pashto: بلوغ |
 Portuguese: puberdade |
 Romanian: pubertate |
 Russian: половая зрелость |
 Slovak: puberta |
 Slovenian: puberteta |
 Serbian: pubertet |
 Swedish: pubertet |
 Thai: วัยเริ่มหนุ่มสาว |
 Turkish: ergenlik |
 Taiwanese: 青春期 |
 Ukrainian: статева зрілість |
 Urdu: بلوغ، بلوغت |
 Vietnamese: tuổi dậy thì |
 Chinese: 青春期 |
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