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Tanner scale

Tanner scale proper noun: a scale of physical development in children, adolescents, and adults, based on external primary and secondary sex characteristics, such as the size of the breasts and the development of pubic hair.

Proper noun

Tanner scale

  1. A scale of physical development in children, adolescents, and adults, based on external primary and secondary sex characteristics, such as the size of the breasts and the development of pubic hair.

Origin of Tanner scale

Named after James Tanner, British pediatrician.

Questions about Tanner scale

What does Tanner scale mean?
Tanner scale means a scale of physical development in children, adolescents, and adults, based on external primary and secondary sex characteristics, such as the size of the breasts and the development of pubic hair.
What part of speech is Tanner scale?
Tanner scale is a proper noun.

Words near Tanner scale in the dictionary

  1. Tannenbaum
  2. Tannenbaums
  3. tanner
  4. Tanner graph
  5. Tanner graphs
  6. Tanner scale
  7. Tanner stage
  8. Tanner stages
  9. tanner's sumac
  10. tanner's sumacs
  11. tanneries

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