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peripuberty

peripuberty noun: the time around puberty.

Noun

peripuberty (uncountable)

  1. The time around puberty.
    • Onset of transvestophilia is retrospectively dated to peripuberty or later, although fascination with female clothing may be dated to an earlier age, frequently age 8 or younger.1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents

Origin of peripuberty

From peri- + puberty.

Questions about peripuberty

What does peripuberty mean?
Peripuberty means the time around puberty.
What part of speech is peripuberty?
Peripuberty is a noun.

Words near peripuberty in the dictionary

  1. periptychid
  2. periptychids
  3. peripuberal
  4. peripubertal
  5. peripubertally
  6. peripuberty
  7. peripubescent
  8. peripupillary
  9. peripylarian
  10. peripyloric
  11. peripyramidal

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