puberty
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- noun
- /ˈpjuːbərti/
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pubertad
- During puberty, teenagers often face emotional ups and downs due to hormonal changes.
- reach puberty
- go through puberty
- onset of puberty
See, I'm finally going through puberty right now on Wired.
- See, I'm finally going through puberty right now on Wired.
- I remember being a girl going through puberty and it's really embarrassing.
- And then you know, that's like puberty happens, hormones change.
- What is your stance on puberty blockers, surgeries, so forth for children?
- So it's just insane that we're giving children, even before puberty, a smartphone.
- So I started puberty very young.
- But the cure, Megan, for their gender dysphoria was puberty itself.
- Or do we not have Adam's apples pre puberty?
- So when do guys go through puberty?
- We were looking for the peptide that brings on premature puberty.
- And they quit contacting me after I reached puberty.
- And if you block the puberty, you block that development.
- And throughout the years through puberty, that probably has grown.
- So most girls are definitely going through the puberty change earlier.
- You actually put people through puberty first and then you start teaching.
- And I know from my personal experience, puberty, it's very difficult.
- And in fact, in Tina's right after puberty, there seems to be.
Examples
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Like me, Robert was entering puberty, but unlike me, it seemed to agree with him.
Fiction book (1997) -
She has noticed that her son is becoming more independent as he goes through puberty.
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So most girls are definitely going through the puberty change earlier.
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So I started puberty very young.
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When Illinois children reached puberty, they would go into the woods alone and fast.
Academic text (2001) -
So remember how confusing puberty was for you and it lasted for years, right?
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Male secondary sexual characteristics develop normally in puberty, although the testicles typically are small.
Academic text (2002) -
Early signs of puberty are increased activity of sweat glands and the sudden appearance of this.
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As children approach puberty, they are more sensitive to gender stereotypes as they develop physically.
Academic text (2008) -
Many adolescents experience rapid changes in their bodies during puberty.
Synonyms
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The time when a young person's body changes and becomes able to have children
How Mature
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puberty comes from the Latin pubertas, from puber meaning 'adult' or 'grown'. So puberty is the time when a child's body becomes an adult body and is able to have children.