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Puberty is the point in life when an adolescent becomes able to sexually reproduce.

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An example of puberty is a girl beginning to menstruate.

See puberty in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the stage of physical development when secondary sex characteristics develop and sexual reproduction first becomes possible: in common law, the age of puberty is generally fixed at fourteen for boys and twelve for girls

Origin: ME puberte < L pubertas < puber, of ripe age, adult, prob. akin to puer, boy

Related Forms:

pubertal adjective

See puberty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The stage of adolescence in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction.

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Origin: Middle English puberte

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin pūbertās

Origin: , from pūbēs, pūber-, adult

Related Forms:

puˈber·tal, puˈber·al (-bər-əl) adjective

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