puberty

noun

/ˈpjuː.bə.ti/UK/ˈpju.bɚ.ti/CA/ˈpjʉː.bə.ti/

Etymology

From Middle English puberte, from Old French puberté, from Latin pūbertās (“the age of maturity, manhood”).

derived from pūbertās — “the age of maturity, manhood”
derived from puberté
inherited from puberte

Definitions

1
A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing…
A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
- Girls undergoing puberty show an increase in the total output of cortisol, which is related to stress, while boys show little increase.
2
The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
- As shown in Figure 14.4 of the textbook, children reach puberty at different ages in different countries; within those nations, children living in cities tend to reach puberty earlier than those living in rural areas.
The period when a plant begins to flower.

The neighborhood

Derived

delayed puberty, impuberty, minipuberty, peripuberty, postpuberty, precocious puberty, prepuberty, pseudopuberty, puberty blocker, puberty inhibitor, second puberty

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at puberty. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at puberty. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at puberty

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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