adrenarche

English

Etymology

From adreno- +‎ -arche.

Noun

adrenarche (uncountable)

1. 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.

   Coordinate term: pubarche

   • 2004, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster, Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations, and Management‎^[1], Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 319:

     Premature adrenarche should be distinguished from premature pubarche (early onset of sexual hair) even though adrenarche commonly causes pubarche.

Derived terms

• adrenarcheal
• persistent adrenarche syndrome

 

Translations

stage of maturation

• Finnish: adrenarke
• French: adrénarche (fr) f
• Portuguese: adrenarca f

Further reading

• adrenarche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia