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Puberty : (noun)
1: the time of life when sex glands become functional [syn: pubescence]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Puberty : \Pu"ber*ty\, n. [L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult:
cf. F. pubert['e].]
1. The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting
or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate
climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve
in females.
2. (Bot.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PUBERTY, civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and
in girls after twelve years until full age. Ayl. Pand. 63; Hall's Pract. 14;
Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. tom. 6, p. 100; Inst. 1, 22; Dig. 1, 7, 40, 1; Code, 5,
60, 3.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Puberty : Puberty: A complex biologic and psychologic process involving sexual development, accelerated growth, and adrenal maturation heralded by the secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)
from a part of the brain called the ova ).
The word puberty derives from the Latin pubertas: coming to the age of manhood.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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