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adrenarche

adrenarche noun: 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.

Noun

adrenarche (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • Premature adrenarche should be distinguished from premature pubarche (early onset of sexual hair) even though adrenarche commonly causes pubarche.2004, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster, Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations, and Management, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 319

Origin of adrenarche

From adren- + -arche.

Words formed from adrenarche

Questions about adrenarche

What does adrenarche mean?
Adrenarche means 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.
What part of speech is adrenarche?
Adrenarche is a noun.

Words near adrenarche in the dictionary

  1. adrenalizing
  2. adrenally
  3. adrenalone
  4. adrenals
  5. adrenamedullary
  6. adrenarche
  7. adrenarcheal
  8. adrenate
  9. adrenates
  10. adrenectomies
  11. adrenectomy

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