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Definition of Postpubescent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postpubescent
Literary usage of Postpubescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Secondary Education by Alexander James Inglis (1918)
"(7) Of all boys in the high school (grades I-IV) 14 per cent were prepubescent,
14 per cent pubescent, and 72 per cent postpubescent; of all the girls 5 per ..."
2. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"In the absence of clear evidence for three age groups, it is here assumed that
there were only two, as at Eretria, pre- and postpubescent, until further ..."
3. Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete by Kevin Glowacki, Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (2008)
"... status through inscription in a series of kinship and state institutions
between the ages of about sixteen and twenty.49 postpubescent FEMALES A number ..."
4. Interim Reports: Committee on School Inquiry, Board of Estimate and by New York (N.Y.), Committee on School Inquiry, Board of Estimate and Apportionment (1912)
"In consequence, in an age group above twelve years of age, there will be
prepubescent (immature) children: pubescent (maturing) children; and postpubescent ..."
5. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education by National Society for the Study of Education (1916)
"The prepubescent is chubby, the postpubescent may be fat, but there is an easily
recognizable difference The principal of the school, after witnessing the ..."
6. Adolescence and High-school Problems by Ralph W. Pringle (1922)
"The crossing of the curves of growth at this time is due to the earlier setting
in of puberty with girls and the consequent earlier postpubescent L ..."
7. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"In contrast to a whole-body iron loss of approximately 1.08 mg/day in postpubescent
males and of 1.4 mg/ day in menstruating females (IOM, 2001), ..."
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