adrenarche

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noun

A stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving both structural and functional changes.

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Meanings

nounadrenarche (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving both structural and functional changes.

    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

Origin

From adren- + -arche.

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Translations

Finnish adrenarke
  • adrenarkestage of maturation
French adrénarche
  • adrénarchestage of maturation
Polish początek dojrzewania nadnerczy
  • początek dojrzewania nadnerczystage of maturation
Portuguese adrenarca
  • adrenarcastage of maturation
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APA

adrenarche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenarche

MLA

“adrenarche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenarche. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adrenarche,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenarche.

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