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pubertal
(redirected from pubertal period)

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pu·ber·ty  (pybr-t)
n.
The stage of adolescence in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction.

[Middle English puberte, from Old French, from Latin pberts, from pbs, pber-, adult.]

puber·tal, puber·al (-br-l) adj.
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Adj.1.pubertal - of or related to puberty


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Data from isometric actions indicate that both boys and girls strength increase in a fairly linear fashion from early childhood up until the onset of puberty in boys (around 13 y) and until about the end of the pubertal period in girls (around 15 y).
Testosterone, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 increase during the pubertal period (Bailey et al.
Mice were allowed ad libitum access to a liquid diet containing 5% ethanol beginning at weaning through the pubertal period (49 days of age).
 
 
 
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