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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[[Latin]] pubescent-, pubescens, present participle of pubescere to reach puberty, become covered as with hair, from pubes

[[Latin]] pubescent-, pubescens, present participle of pubescere to reach puberty, become covered as with hair, from pubes

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1646]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1646]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : arriving at or having reached puberty  

*1 a : arriving at or having reached puberty  

*2 : covered with fine soft short hairs — compare villous

*2 : covered with fine soft short hairs — compare villous

==Description==

==Description==

'''Puberty''' is the [[process]] of [[physical]] [[changes]] by which a child's [[body]]  becomes an adult body capable of [[reproduction]]. Puberty is [[initiated]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone hormone] signals from the [[brain]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad gonads] (the ovaries  and testes). In [[response]], the gonads produce a variety of hormones that [[stimulate]] the [[growth]], [[function]], or [[transformation]] of [[brain]], bones, muscle, skin, breasts, and [[reproductive]] organs. [[Growth]] accelerates in the first half of puberty and stops at the completion of puberty. Before puberty, [[body]] [[differences]] between boys and girls are almost entirely restricted to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitalia genitalia]. During puberty, major differences of size, shape, [[composition]], and [[function]] [[develop]] in many [[body]] [[structures]] and [[systems]]. The most obvious of these are referred to as secondary [[sex]] characteristics.

'''Puberty''' is the [[process]] of [[physical]] [[changes]] by which a child's [[body]]  becomes an adult body capable of [[reproduction]]. Puberty is [[initiated]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone hormone] signals from the [[brain]] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad gonads] (the ovaries  and testes). In [[response]], the gonads produce a variety of hormones that [[stimulate]] the [[growth]], [[function]], or [[transformation]] of [[brain]], bones, muscle, skin, breasts, and [[reproductive]] organs. [[Growth]] accelerates in the first half of puberty and stops at the completion of puberty. Before puberty, [[body]] [[differences]] between boys and girls are almost entirely restricted to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitalia genitalia]. During puberty, major differences of size, shape, [[composition]], and [[function]] [[develop]] in many [[body]] [[structures]] and [[systems]]. The most obvious of these are referred to as secondary [[sex]] characteristics.

In a strict sense, the term puberty (derived from the Latin word puberatum (age of [[maturity]], manhood)) refers to the bodily [[changes]] of [[sexual]] [[maturation]] rather than the psychosocial and [[cultural]] aspects of adolescent [[development]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence Adolescence] is the period of [[psychological]] and social [[transition]] between childhood and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult adulthood]. Adolescence largely overlaps the period of puberty, but its [[boundaries]] are less precisely defined and it refers as much to the psychosocial and cultural characteristics of [[development]] during the teen years as to the [[physical]] [[changes]] of puberty.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubescent]

In a strict sense, the term puberty (derived from the Latin word puberatum (age of [[maturity]], manhood)) refers to the bodily [[changes]] of [[sexual]] [[maturation]] rather than the psychosocial and [[cultural]] aspects of adolescent [[development]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence Adolescence] is the period of [[psychological]] and social [[transition]] between childhood and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult adulthood]. Adolescence largely overlaps the period of puberty, but its [[boundaries]] are less precisely defined and it refers as much to the psychosocial and cultural characteristics of [[development]] during the teen years as to the [[physical]] [[changes]] of puberty.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubescent]

[[Category: Biology]]

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