adolescent
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- noun
- /ˌædəˈlɛsənt/
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adolescente
- Many adolescents struggle with their identity during this crucial development phase.
- children and adolescents
- young adolescents
- adolescents aged 15
The drug abuse rate in adolescents and teens has skyrocketed.
- The drug abuse rate in adolescents and teens has skyrocketed.
- You know, adolescents could have their own cars.
- Because Dorothy goes from being an adolescent to being more or less an adult.
- But for those of us who are no longer children and adolescents, what's our excuse?
- But prioritize the duration of sleep for adolescents and teens.
- They're that's kids, they're young men, they're adolescents.
- But the numbers are actually even higher among young adults and adolescents.
- Now, I have been seeing children and adolescents and families for many decades in my office.
- This, this is already a very fragile time in a adolescent in, in, in, in a child's life.
- And like, you know, she is just one of the millions of young adults who, you know, adolescents and young adults who were experiencing depression.
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His research interests involve children and adolescents with severe behavior difficulties and their family interactions.
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Spending on child and adolescent mental health should be a priority.
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People question anyone who reports childhood or adolescent trauma years after it happens.
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Two approaches to teaching literature to adolescents have been well developed over the last 30 years.
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Mental health challenges in children, adolescents and young adults are real, and they are widespread.
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Much has been written lately about adolescent brain development to explain why adolescents make decisions differently than adults.
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Therefore, the need to understand polysubstance use among adolescents is critical to our study.
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One of the biggest challenges that teachers of adolescents face is the necessity to motivate them.
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Recent studies have examined the obesity prevalence among children and adolescents in the U.S.
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Discuss the problems that adolescents may face when transitioning from pediatric to adult care.
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Synonyms
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A person between 13 and 19 years old
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A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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A young person aged 13 to 19
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A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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A young person, often a boy or young man
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A young person who is not yet an adult
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Etymology
Adolescent comes from an old Latin word adolescere meaning 'to grow up'. It names a young person who is still growing toward being an adult, so think 'someone growing into adult life'.