puberty
A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
Other meanings
The process of sexual development that produces secondary sex characteristics and makes a person capable of reproducing sexually.
The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
Related words
- impuberty
- minipuberty
- peripuberty
- postpuberty
- prepuberty
- pseudopuberty
- delayed puberty
- precocious puberty
- puberty blocker
- puberty inhibitor
- second puberty
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "pūbertās" (the age of maturity, manhood).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “puberty” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.