PREPUBERTY

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Meaning:

A period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("prepuberty" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Holonyms ("prepuberty" is a part of...):

childhood (the time of person's life when they are a child)

Derivation:

prepubertal ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth)