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puberty

[pyoo-ber-tee] / ˈpju bər ti /


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Professor Agbaje argues that the BMI pattern should not be compared with major biological transitions such as puberty.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Both had been diagnosed with “gender dysphoria,” a psychiatric condition, and pharmaceutically treated for it—B.P.J. with puberty blockers, Lindsay Hecox with testosterone-suppressing drugs, and both with estrogen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Anyway, she had not gone through male puberty, which theoretically might have endowed her with a competitive advantage, because she had been taking puberty blockers and female hormones.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

The reason behind treating her differently was that she had begun gender-affirming care that included both puberty blockers and hormone therapy starting when she was 10 years old.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

It was the culmination of four weeks of shocks in the Moscote household because little Remedios had reached puberty before getting over the habits of childhood.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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