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Breastfeeding, prepubertal adiposity, and development of precocious puberty.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
In these prepubertal developmental stages—when kids are sprouting and molting and falling over and spilling their teeth on the floor—the adults, while attuned to these metamorphoses, are not especially fazed by them.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
Tennessee also passed a law prohibiting gender-affirming care for prepubertal youth, though advocates said at the time that there were no doctors in the state who provided transition care to children prior to puberty.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2022
Limited research on the effects weightlifting has on prepubertal children has revealed that children have participated with few injuries, according to a study published by The American Academy of Pediatrics.
—Alicia Lee, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
In that study, three young boys had cases of prepubertal gynecomastia (abnormal breast growth).
—Lauren Castle, azcentral, 22 Mar. 2018
The results were less clear with the prepubertal children.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
Few differences were found in the bacterial flora between prepubertal and mature intact and castrated donkeys.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2015
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
In these prepubertal developmental stages—when kids are sprouting and molting and falling over and spilling their teeth on the floor—the adults, while attuned to these metamorphoses, are not especially fazed by them.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
Tennessee also passed a law prohibiting gender-affirming care for prepubertal youth, though advocates said at the time that there were no doctors in the state who provided transition care to children prior to puberty.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2022
Limited research on the effects weightlifting has on prepubertal children has revealed that children have participated with few injuries, according to a study published by The American Academy of Pediatrics.
—Alicia Lee, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
In that study, three young boys had cases of prepubertal gynecomastia (abnormal breast growth).
—Lauren Castle, azcentral, 22 Mar. 2018
The results were less clear with the prepubertal children.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
Few differences were found in the bacterial flora between prepubertal and mature intact and castrated donkeys.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2015
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“Prepubertal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prepubertal. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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prepubertal
adjective
pre·pu·ber·tal
-bərt-ᵊl 
: prepubescent
prepubertal children
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