ADJECTIVE
- (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
How To Use prepubertal In A Sentence
- Here, we show that both the presence of obesity during the prepubertal period and an early onset of puberty are significant and independent risk factors for persistent asthma after puberty.
- In this study, we found that a physician-confirmed diagnosis of sinusitis in the prepubertal period was a significant predictor of persistence of asthma after puberty.
- Jumping exercises can result in significant bone mass gains in prepubertal girls.
- We found that approximately 30% of children with infrequent wheezing but almost 60% of children with asthma in the prepubertal period keep experiencing wheezing episodes in the first 4 years after the onset of puberty.
- Apparently normal ovarian differentiation in a prepubertal girl with transcriptionally inactive steroidogenic factor 1 (NR5A1 / SF-1) and adrenocortical insufficiency. New England Journal of Medicine
- Thus about 2% of boys will still be prepubertal at 14-15 years.
