pubescence
n.
state of being sexually mature
Puberty
Puberty refers to the process of physical changes by which a
child's
body becomes an
adult body capable of
reproduction. Puberty is initiated by
hormone signals from the brain to the
gonads (the
ovaries and
testes). In response, the gonads produce a variety of hormones that stimulate the growth, function, or transformation of
brain,
bones,
muscle,
skin,
breasts, and
reproductive organs.
Growth accelerates in the first half of puberty and reaches completion by the end. Before puberty, body differences between boys and girls are almost entirely restricted to the
genitalia. During puberty major differences of size, shape, composition, and function develop in many body structures and systems. The most obvious of these are referred to as
secondary sex characteristics.
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pubescence
Noun
1. the time of life when sex glands become functional
(synonym) puberty
(hypernym) time of life
(part-holonym) adolescence
pubescence (f)
n.
pubescence, state of being sexually mature
Pubescence
(n.)
The quality or state of being pubescent, or of having arrived at puberty.
(n.)
A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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