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PREPUBESCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prepubescent mean?
• PREPUBESCENT (adjective)
The adjective PREPUBESCENT has 1 sense:
1. (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
Familiarity information: PREPUBESCENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
Synonyms:
prepubertal; prepubescent
Similar:
immature (not yet mature)
Domain category:
homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)
Context examples
A disorder characterized by recurrent sexual urges, fantasies, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children.
(Pedophilia, NCI Thesaurus)
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