[
UK
/pjˈuːbəti/
]
[ US /ˈpjubɝti/ ]
[ US /ˈpjubɝti/ ]
NOUN
- the time of life when sex glands become functional
How To Use puberty In A Sentence
- But considering how much time we spend on that time of the month - from puberty to menopause, the average woman menstruates almost seven whole years - many of us know surprisingly little about it.
- Because he's been chronically underweight since before hitting puberty, his body is used to having to survive on unnaturally low weights, but there's a limit to how much it can take.
- The term ephebophilia, derived from the Greek word for “youth,” is sometimes used to describe sexual interest in young people in the first stages of puberty.” Think Progress » Gingrich: House Leadership Would Have Been Accused Of ‘Gay Bashing’ If They Investigated Foley ‘Overly Aggressively’
- At puberty, males become warriors and killing an enemy is often a prerequisite of attaining full adult status.
- Life events can be developmental in nature: weaning, toilet training and puberty are examples that characterise all people's lives.
- It’s certainly more compelling than the romantic sublot between Claire and The Flying Puberty Case. Are “Mohinder & Matt” From Heroes The “Bert & Ernie” Of Primetime Television? | Best Week Ever
- Have a short sensitive puberty we,always love to do with age is not consistent.
- 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.
- As the child nears puberty, a gland in the brain called the pituitary gland increases the secretion of a hormone called follicle-stimulating hormone FSH. Think Progress » Hume Compares Mark Foley To President Clinton
- Men secrete more androsterone than women do, and most men become unable to detect the stuff right around the time they start producing it themselves - at puberty.