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• 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… …   Wikipedia

• puberty — noun VERB + PUBERTY ▪ enter, hit (informal), reach ▪ She hit puberty a year before any of her friends. ▪ He reached puberty at the age of fourteen. ▪ approach …   Collocations dictionary

• onset — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ rapid, sudden ▪ the sudden onset of the disease ▪ acute (medical) ▪ Symptoms include the acute onset of pain. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• PUBERTY — It was estimated that puberty, defined by the appearance of two pubic hairs, began in women early in the 13th year, and in men about the start of the 14th year, and for that reason maturity was regarded as beginning legally from the age of 12… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• puberty — /pyooh beuhr tee/, n. 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. [1350 1400; ME puberte < L pubertas adulthood, equiv.… …   Universalium

• Puberty — Another word for adolescence. The word puberty derives from the Latin pubertas: coming to the age of manhood. * * * Sequence of events by which a child becomes a young adult, characterized by the beginning of gametogenesis, secretion of gonadal… …   Medical dictionary

• puberty — n. the time at which the onset of sexual maturity occurs and the reproductive organs become functional (see gonadarche). This is manifested in both sexes by the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics (e.g. deepening of the voice in boys;… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Precocious puberty — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Precocious puberty ICD10 = ICD10|E|30|1|e|20, ICD10|E|22|8|e|20 ICD9 = ICD9|259.1 OMIM = 176400 DiseasesDB = 10519 MedlinePlus = 001168 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 1882 MeshID = D011629 Precocious puberty… …   Wikipedia

• Delayed puberty — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E30.0 ICD 9 259.0 …   Wikipedia

• constitutional precocious puberty — precocious puberty occurring in otherwise normal children generally with a family history of early onset of puberty. The age range for such individuals overlaps the upper range for those with idiopathic precocious puberty …   Medical dictionary

• Maturity onset diabetes of the young — (Monogenic Diabetes) Classification and external resources OMIM 606391 DiseasesDB 8330 …   Wikipedia