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pubescence - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun noun noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun noun botany : The condition or character of being pubescent.noun pubescent .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun noun
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noun puberty .noun anatomy A covering of fine, soft hairs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
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Pre-pubescence is a tough stage for you obviously.
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Thorax thinly covered with long yellow pubescence , which is most dense at the sides of the metathorax; the tibiæ, tarsi, and posterior femora ferruginous; the claw-joint of the tarsi black; the tibiæ and tarsi with black spines; the wings fulvo-hyaline, their apex with a narrow fuscous border, the nervures ferruginous.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
The presence of intermediate characters such as pubescence and flower size, however, make it hard to differentiate the two subspecies.
Chapter 7 1999
Dr. Brady said that Simon's sterility wasn't simply a matter of low sperm count or low motility, that he had been sterile probably since pubescence , meaning since his first e) aculation.
the secret sense Tan, Amy 1995
But when the science begins to accumulate that chemicals may also be damaging our children's health -- may be leading to everything from early onset pubescence to reproductive and developmental abnormalities -- we start to pay closer attention.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Pediatricians: Toxics Endanger Kids Health Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
He would move from that pre-pubescence to an incredibly awkward teen period — from cherub, to a gangly whippet of a young man.
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But when the science begins to accumulate that chemicals may also be damaging our children's health -- may be leading to everything from early onset pubescence to reproductive and developmental abnormalities -- we start to pay closer attention.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Pediatricians: Toxics Endanger Kids Health Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
He would move from that pre-pubescence to an incredibly awkward teen period — from cherub, to a gangly whippet of a young man.
The Curious Case Of Michael Joseph Jackson 2009
But when the science begins to accumulate that chemicals may also be damaging our children's health -- may be leading to everything from early onset pubescence to reproductive and developmental abnormalities -- we start to pay closer attention.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Pediatricians: Toxics Endanger Kids Health Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
But when the science begins to accumulate that chemicals may also be damaging our children's health -- may be leading to everything from early onset pubescence to reproductive and developmental abnormalities -- we start to pay closer attention.
McKay Jenkins, Ph.D.: Pediatricians: Toxics Endanger Kids Health Ph.D. McKay Jenkins 2011
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