puberty blocker

noun

Any drug used to postpone puberty in children.

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puberty inhibitor
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Meanings

nounpuberty blocker (plural puberty blockers)

plural puberty blockers

  1. endocrinologyAny drug used to postpone puberty in children.

    Hundreds of children - some as young as 10 - are set to be jabbed with puberty blockers in NHS-backed experiment

    2025 November 22, David Churchill, “Hundreds of children - some as young as 10 - are set to be jabbed with puberty blockers in NHS-backed experiment”, in Daily Mail
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    And then suddenly all the grown-ups—senators, judges, teachers, parents, reporters—were talking about things like puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgeries and who was doing the better job “protecting children.”

    2023 August 31, Hanna Rosin, Ethan Brooks, “When the State Has a Problem With Your Identity”, in The Atlantic

    Synonyms: puberty inhibitor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny drug used to postpone puberty in children.

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puberty inhibitor
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puberty inhibitor

Translations

French bloqueur de puberté
  • bloqueur de pubertéTranslations
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APA

puberty blocker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puberty%20blocker

MLA

“puberty blocker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puberty%20blocker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puberty blocker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puberty%20blocker.

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