pubarche en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pjuːˈbɑː(ɹ)ki/
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin pubes Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ)der. English -arche English pubarche From Latin pubes (“pubic”) + English -arche (“beginning”).
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(uncountable) The first appearance of pubic hair in a child.
Premature adrenarche should be distinguished from premature pubarche (early onset of sexual hair) even though adrenarche commonly causes pubarche.
2004, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster, Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations, and Management, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 319:
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it pubarca (Translations) · pl początek okresu dojrzewania (Translations)