puberty changes
Becoming an adult
The physical and emotional transformations that occur as a child's body matures into an adult capable of reproduction.
These include growth spurts, development of secondary sex characteristics like breasts or facial hair, voice changes, and the onset of menstruation or sperm production.
The phrase appears most often in health education contexts: We learned about puberty changes in fifth grade.
- acneInflamed skin condition
- body odorHuman sweat smell
- mood swingsAbrupt temperament changes
- growth spurtPeriod of accelerated physical development
- facial hairBeard, mustache, stubble
body hair · self-consciousness · menstruation · pubic hair · voice cracking · body image · emotional intensity · wet dreams · hormones · muscle development · risk-taking behavior · brain development · social anxiety · body proportions · secondary sex characteristics · peer pressure · growth plates · growth hormones
- hormonesestrogen, testosterone, insulin, hormone, cortisol
- body imagebody image, body positivity, body acceptance, body shaming, body shame
puberty changesmenopause
End of fertility
andropause · aging · senescence · climacteric · regression
puberty changeschildhood
Life's earliest phase
prepubescence · infancy · early childhood · immaturity · toddlerhood