puberal

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According to the data collected by Frisch, the prostate gland, comparatively small in childhood, first begins to grow quickly at the epoch of the puberal development.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden

Only during the puberal development does the prostate gland attain its full size; according to the researches of Englisch, who observed 1282 instances, this does not occur until after the full development of the testicles.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden

Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl, belonging to our social and cultural stratum, during the years of puberal development.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Paul, Eden

This is a fair estimate, but it does not correspond to the totality of the period of the puberal development.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden

True Graafian follicles, of which an29 account has already been given, are not usually formed prior to the beginning of the puberal development; occasionally, however, they are formed in the ovaries of immature girls.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden