precocious puberty

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A condition in which the changes associated with puberty begin at an unexpectedly early age, often caused by a pathological process involving a glandular secretion of estrogens or androgens.

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Words nearby precocious puberty

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How to use precocious puberty in a sentence

The children are precocious and cute and the whole thing is freaking adorable.
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Do you like him frozen in time as a precocious boy genius doctor with a ridiculous name?
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The series begins with a voiceover from a 9-year-old boy named Charlie (Griffin Gluck), basically a more precocious Meredith Grey.
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Heightening his angst, Warren pines for precocious Jessica (Gevinson).
Michael Cera Brings ‘This Is Our Youth’ to Broadway After 18 Years|Tom Teodorczuk|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The budding relationship between the ornery sexagenarian and the precocious young child ultimately gives the film its momentum.
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Thus died the greatest statesman of the eighteenth century, and the most precocious in our annals.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
These childish verses prove a precocious desire for expression, before the right medium had been discovered.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Exemplary punishment is to be visited upon me for "precocious godlessness, dangerous tendencies, and insubordination."
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
In crossing to Niagara, we had a specimen of the precocious colonist of 1845.
Canada and the Canadians|Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
She was very precocious, a thorough student, and would allow nothing to divert her from her studies.
A California Girl|Edward Eldridge