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somatopause

somatopause noun: the ending of growth, and the accompanying increase in adipose tissue, that occurs in adult life as hormone secretion diminishes.

Noun

somatopause (uncountable)

  1. The ending of growth, and the accompanying increase in adipose tissue, that occurs in adult life as hormone secretion diminishes

Origin of somatopause

From somato- + pause.

Questions about somatopause

What does somatopause mean?
Somatopause means the ending of growth, and the accompanying increase in adipose tissue, that occurs in adult life as hormone secretion diminishes.
What part of speech is somatopause?
Somatopause is a noun.

Words near somatopause in the dictionary

  1. somatoparaphrenia
  2. somatoparaphrenias
  3. somatoparaphrenic
  4. somatopathies
  5. somatopathy
  6. somatopause
  7. somatoperception
  8. somatoperceptual
  9. somatophobia
  10. somatophrenia
  11. somatophylakes

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