pubarche
noun/pjuːˈbɑː(ɹ)ki/
Etymology From Latin pubes (“pubic”) + English -arche (“beginning”).
1
The first appearance of pubic hair in a child.
- 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
- pubarchal