adrenarche
nounEtymology From adren- + -arche.
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.
- 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:
- Derived terms
- adrenarcheal, persistent adrenarche syndrome