adrenarche
A stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty,…A stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving both structural and functional changes.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving both structural and functional changes.
More definitions
- the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From adren- + -arche.From adren- + -arche.
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedadrenarcheal
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable