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puberty noun [ ˈpjuːbəti ]

• the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction.
• "the onset of puberty"
Similar: adolescence, pubescence, sexual maturity, growing up, youth, young adulthood, teenage years, teens, the awkward age, juvenescence,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult’, related to pubes (see pubes).


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