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gonadarche

gonadarche noun: the earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.

Noun

gonadarche (uncountable)

  1. The earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.

Origin of gonadarche

From gonad + -arche.

Questions about gonadarche

What does gonadarche mean?
Gonadarche means the earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.
What part of speech is gonadarche?
Gonadarche is a noun.

Words near gonadarche in the dictionary

  1. gon'
  2. gon-
  3. gonad
  4. gonadal
  5. gonadally
  6. gonadarche
  7. gonadectomies
  8. gonadectomise
  9. gonadectomised
  10. gonadectomises
  11. gonadectomising

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