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pubertal

pubertal

1 7.5
About the time when a young person's body changes and becomes able to have children
  • adjective
  • /ˈpjuːbərtəl/
translation icon : puberal
  • Previous research shows that pubertal development is linked with adolescents' perceived physical self-concept (O'Dea & Abraham, 1999).
  • pubertal status
  • pubertal development
  • pubertal maturation

So there's this teenage pubertal period of fighting against it, subverting things, turning on the head, questioning, being a pain.

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Examples

  • Thus, such variables should be controlled when investigating the association between pubertal development and intercourse debut.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Fruit and vegetable intakes are independent predictors of bone size in early pubertal children.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Hormones, pubertal development, and sexual behavior have been related in a number of studies.

    Academic text (2003)
  • But beginning around the pubertal years, girls rates of depressions go up quite dramatically and boys rates stay the same or go down.

  • Therefore, the stage of pubertal development was assessed in this study as a potential covariate.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Thus, previous findings strongly suggest that the timing of pubertal maturation plays an important role in early sexual development.

    Academic text (2003)
  • We observed associations between late pubertal timing and delayed age of first intercourse.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The finding of an increase in the prevalence of acne with an increase in pubertal maturation has been well documented.

    Academic text (2007)
  • During the pubertal years, many teenagers experience significant changes in their bodies.

  • The study focused on how emotional well-being is affected during pubertal development.

Synonyms

pubescent
vspubertal
8 6.8

In the stage of puberty when the body begins to change toward adulthood

relates to characteristics of puberty generally rather than current physical change

How Mature

postpubertal
  • Specialized
7.9
pubertal
1 7.5
prepubertal
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

pubertal positive

Morphology

pubertal = puberty (transparent) = puberty + al

The adjective is transparently formed from 'puberty' plus the common adjectival suffix '-al'.

Etymology

Pubertal comes from the Latin root puber meaning 'grown up', and it shares this root with puberty, the time when a child's body starts to change. So pubertal means 'relating to puberty', the physical and hormonal changes as a child becomes more like an adult.