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Descriptor
English
:
Puberty
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Pubertad
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Puberdade
Tree Number:
G08.686.760
G08.686.785.880.374
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
human only: for animal use AGING;
GROWTH
or
SEX MATURATION
See Related
English
:
Sexual Maturation
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
DE
drug effects
EH
ethnology
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
PH
physiology
PX
psychology
RE
radiation effects
UR
urine
Record Number:
29534
Unique Identifier:
D011627
Occurrence in VHL
:
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