Phenomena and Processes

Puberty

A period in the human life in which the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system takes place and reaches full maturity. The onset of synchronized endocrine events in puberty lead to the capacity for reproduction (FERTILITY), development of secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS, and other changes seen in ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT.

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A period in the human life in which the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system takes place and reaches full maturity. The onset of synchronized endocrine events in puberty lead to the capacity for reproduction (FERTILITY), development of secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS, and other changes seen in ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT.

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  • Puberties

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, drug effects, ethnology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, physiology, psychology, radiation effects, urine.

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human only: for animal use AGING; GROWTH or SEX MATURATION

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  1. G08.686.760w
  2. G08.686.841.374w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Puberty. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011627. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011627
  2. Puberty. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty
  3. Puberty. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101065