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Puberty

A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.

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noun

1
A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
2
The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
3
The period when a plant begins to flower.

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Word	Definition
pubescencenoun	The state of being in or reaching puberty.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Puberty"

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Word	Definition
pubescencenoun	The state of being in or reaching puberty.
adolescencenoun	The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
maturitynoun	The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.
adulthoodnoun	The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.
childhoodnoun	The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
precocious	Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
sexual development	—
sexual maturation	—
maturationnoun	The process of becoming mature.
sexual maturitynoun	(biology, of an organism) The stage when an organism can reproduce, though this is dissimilar from adulthood.
youthnoun	(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
teenhoodnoun	Synonym of teenagehood.
coming-of-age	Of or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
sex hormonenoun	A hormone, such as testosterone in males or estrogen in females, affecting sexual development and reproduction.
hormonogenesisnoun	(biochemistry) The biosynthesis of hormones
developmentnoun	(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
virilizationnoun	The development of sex characteristics that are typically found in men.
gonadogenesisnoun	(physiology) The generation and development of the gonads.
ontogenesisnoun	The generation and development of an individual organism from fertilization to adulthood.
testosteronenoun	(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.