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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/
: 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
13 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
1 7.9
pubertal
1 7.5
prepubertal
  • Specialized
1 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.