peripuberty

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English

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Etymology

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From peri- +‎ puberty.

Noun

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peripuberty (uncountable)

  1. The time around puberty.
    • 1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents:
      Onset of transvestophilia is retrospectively dated to peripuberty or later, although fascination with female clothing may be dated to an earlier age, frequently age 8 or younger.
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