Definition of Prepubertal

1. Adjective. (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth.

Exact synonyms: Prepubescent
Category relationships: Homo, Human, Human Being, Man
Similar to: Immature
Derivative terms: Prepuberty

Definition of Prepubertal

1. Adjective. Before puberty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prepubertal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prepubertal

preprogrammed
preprogramming
preprograms
preprolactin
prepromotion
preproperate
preprophase
preprophases
preprovide
preps
prepster
prepsters
prepsychedelic
prepuberal
prepuberally
prepubertal (current term)
prepubertally
prepuberties
prepuberty
prepubescence
prepubescences
prepubescents
prepublic
prepublication
prepublications

Literary usage of Prepubertal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Responses of prepubertal rats to environmental PCBs with high and low dioxin ... Morphometric changes in the prepubertal female rat thyroid gland following ..."

2. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"If we admit that sex instruction should begin in the prepubertal period and ... During the first, or prepubertal, period, which would naturally coincide ..."

3. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"If we admit that sex instruction should begin in the prepubertal period and ... During the first, or prepubertal, period, which would naturally coincide ..."

4. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"If we admit that sex instruction should begin in the prepubertal period and ... During the first, or prepubertal, period, which would naturally coincide ..."

5. Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues by Kathleen C. Faller (1995)
"McCann et al., "Perianal Findings in prepubertal Children." 58. Hobbs and Wynne, "Sexual Abuse of English Boys and Girls." 59. ..."

6. Depression in Primary Care: Detection and Diagnosi by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"In prepubertal children, boys and girls seem equally affected with major depressive disorder. After puberty, girls are two to three times more likely to be ..."

7. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"EFFECT OF prepubertal YEARS ON MORTALITY The effect on mortality of a prepubertal (age <11 years in girls and <12 years in boys) or peripubertal age at IDDM ..."

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