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PUBERTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time of life when sex glands become functional
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("puberty" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("puberty" is a part of...):
adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)
Derivation:
pubertal (of or related to puberty)
Context examples:
Doctors use anabolic steroids to treat some hormone problems in men, delayed puberty, and muscle loss from some diseases.
(Anabolic Steroids, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
It is found mostly in males and typically develops during childhood or adolescence, becoming darker and more hairy after puberty.
(Becker Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)
A human life stage that begins at twelve years of age and continues until twenty-one complete years of age, generally marked by the beginning of puberty and lasting to the beginning of adulthood.
(Adolescence, NICHD)
It is also used to treat early puberty in children and certain gynecologic conditions.
(Leuprolide, NCI Dictionary)
A type of pilosebaceous hamartoma characterized by the development of a linear, flesh colored, fine papular eruption on the head, neck and upper chest after puberty.
(Moniliform Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)
This GONADORELIN analog has been used in the treatment of central precocious puberty and endometriosis.
(Nafarelin Acetate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days when a woman is not pregnant.
(Menstruation, NCI Dictionary)
Relatively frequent clinical manifestations include visual loss, developmental delay, macrocephaly, and precocious puberty.
(Hypothalamic Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Under the brand name Lupron, it is also used to treat early puberty in children and certain gynecologic conditions.
(Eligard, NCI Dictionary)
Symptoms include acromegaly and precocious puberty.
(Hypothalamic Gangliocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
