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