pubarche

pubarche

English

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Latin pubes
English -arche
English pubarche

    From Latin pubes (“pubic”) + English -arche (“beginning”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pjuːˈbɑː(ɹ)ki/

    Noun

    pubarche (uncountable)

    1. The first appearance of pubic hair in a child.
      Coordinate terms: adrenarche, menarche
      • 2004, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster, Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations, and Management‎[1], Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 319:
        Premature adrenarche should be distinguished from premature pubarche (early onset of sexual hair) even though adrenarche commonly causes pubarche.

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