OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 48457

peripubescent

/ˌpɛɹipjʊˈbɛsənt/
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peripúber
Of the first onset of puberty; in the early stages of puberty; that is or are becoming pubescent.
But it is acknowledged that the term, adolescence, is applicable to the last phase of childhood, to the peripubescent phase, and that it denotes especially the last relatively insi…
However, it appears that the age-specific rates of child abuse form a peculiar, trimodal distribution with peaks for infants, two-year olds, and peripubescent children (cf. Leningt…
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