second puberty

second puberty

English

Noun

second puberty (uncountable)

  1. (slang, medicine) The physical, hormonal, and emotional changes that occur in adulthood.
  2. (transgender) The physical, hormonal, and emotional changes that occur during a hormone replacement therapy.
    • 2024 October 25, Helene Frances Hedian, M.D., “Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT)”, in John Hopkins Medicine‎[1], archived from the original on 22 August 2025:
      During gender-affirming hormone therapy, you will go through what is called a “second puberty.” This means that the same emotional struggles that your first puberty may have brought — mood swings, anxiety and depression — are possibilities as an adult during your second puberty.
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