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Puberty vs Adrenarche - What's the difference?

puberty | adrenarche |

As nouns the difference between puberty and adrenarche

is that puberty is the age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction while adrenarche is a stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving both structural and functional changes.

puberty

English

(wikipedia puberty)

Noun

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  • The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.

    • Related terms

    * postpubescent * peripubescent * prepubescent * puberulent * pubescent * pubes * pubis * pubic

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    adrenarche

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia adrenarche)
  • A stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving both structural and functional changes.