PUBERTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puberty mean? 

• PUBERTY (noun)
  The noun PUBERTY has 1 sense:

1. the time of life when sex glands become functional

  Familiarity information: PUBERTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBERTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time of life when sex glands become functional

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

puberty; pubescence

Hypernyms ("puberty" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Holonyms ("puberty" is a part of...):

adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)

Derivation:

pubertal (of or related to puberty)

 Context examples 

It occurs most commonly in females at about puberty.

(Keratoconus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This allele, which encodes KiSS-1 receptor protein, is involved in both the regulation of endocrine function and in the onset of puberty.

(KISS1R wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Some children begin puberty or are close to it before they are teenagers.

(Child Development, NIH)

These usually occur after puberty and increase in incidence with advancing age.

(Choroid Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

When it appears before puberty is of germ cell origin.

(Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; in the state of development between puberty and maturity.

(Adolescent, NCI Thesaurus)

Some brands of leuprolide are also used to treat early puberty in children and certain gynecologic conditions.

(Leuprolide acetate, NCI Dictionary)

The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood.

(Adolescence, NCI Thesaurus)

From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days, but does not occur during pregnancy.

(Menstrual period, NCI Dictionary)

Melatonin Secretion Induction involves initiation of activities involved in release into the bloodstream from the pineal gland of a hormone (melatonin) implicated in regulation of sleep, mood, puberty, and ovarian cycles.

(Melatonin Secretion Process, NCI Thesaurus)