| NOUN | time | pubescence, puberty | the time of life when sex glands become functional |
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| Meaning | The time of life when sex glands become functional. | |
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| Synonym | puberty | |
| Part of | adolescence | The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood |
| Broader | time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state |
| Spanish | pubertad, pubescencia | |
| Catalan | pubertat, pubescència | |
| Adjectives | pubescent | (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature |
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