different between peripuberty vs peripubescent
peripuberty
English
Etymology
peri- +? puberty
Noun
peripuberty (uncountable)
- The time around puberty.
- 1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents
- Onset of transvestophilia is retrospectively dated to peripuberty or later, although fascination with female clothing may be dated to an earlier age, frequently age 8 or younger.
- 1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents
Related terms
- peripubescent
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peripubescent
English
Etymology
First attested in 1920: peri- (“around”, “round about”) +? pubescent.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?'ripyo?ob??s?nt, IPA(key): /?p??ipj??b?s?nt/
Adjective
peripubescent (not comparable)
- Of the first onset of puberty; in the early stages of puberty; that is or are becoming pubescent.
- 1920: Paul Godin [aut.] and Samuel L. Eby [tr.], Growth During School Age: Its Application to Education, page 36 (R. G. Badger)
- But it is acknowledged that the term, adolescence, is applicable to the last phase of childhood, to the peripubescent phase, and that it denotes especially the last relatively insignificant thrust of the lengthening of the body by the lower limbs.
- 1982: Ethology and Sociobiology, volumes 3–4, page 63 (Elsevier North-Holland, Inc.)
- However, it appears that the age-specific rates of child abuse form a peculiar, trimodal distribution with peaks for infants, two-year olds, and peripubescent children (cf. Lenington, 1981, Figs. 1–3).
- 2007: Zachary Child, Basic Orthopedic Exams, page 190 (Wolters Kluwer Health; ?ISBN, 9780781763332)
- The Klein’s line is a radiologic examination for pain in external rotation and flexion, usually in obese peripubescent children (median age, 12 years).
- 1920: Paul Godin [aut.] and Samuel L. Eby [tr.], Growth During School Age: Its Application to Education, page 36 (R. G. Badger)
Synonyms
- preteen (of humans only, loosely)
Related terms
- peripuberty
- peripubescence (rare)
Related terms
- postpubescent
- prepubescent
Translations
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