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Puberty is the period of human development during which physical growth and sexual maturity occurs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Puberty is the time in which sexual and physical characteristics mature. It occurs due to hormone changes. Adolescence is the period between puberty and adulthood.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 18, 2008
Puberty is the period of human development during which physical growth and sexual maturation occur.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The process of physical growth and sexual maturation that signals the end of childhood and the advent of adolescence. (Also, the period during which this process takes place.) The word puberty is derived from the Latin pubertas, which means adulth...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Sometimes referred to as teenage years, youth, or puberty , adolescence is the transitional period between childhood and maturity, occurring roughly between the ages of 10 and 20.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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