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ADRENARCHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does adrenarche mean?
• ADRENARCHE (noun)
The noun ADRENARCHE has 1 sense:
1. the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty
Familiarity information: ADRENARCHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("adrenarche" is a kind of...):
start (the beginning of anything)
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