Speakur

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delayed puberty

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
de-layed pu-ber-ty
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The absence of any signs of puberty by a specified age, such as 14 years or 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of puberty in a population.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

delayed puberties (plural)

Phrases

late bloomer

Frequently Paired Words

hypogonadism late bloomer

Questions

What does delayed puberty mean?
The absence of any signs of puberty by a specified age, such as 14 years or 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of puberty in a population.

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