adrenarchen.

Brit.

/ˌadrᵻˈnɑːki/, U.S.

/ˌædrəˈnɑrki/,

/ˈædrɛˌnɑrki/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: adrenal adj., menarche n.

Etymology: < adren- (in adrenal adj.; compare adreno- comb. form) + -arche (in menarche n.). Compare pubarche n.

Medicine.

The first appearance of pubic and axillary hair in a child, occurring as a result of increased hormone synthesis by the adrenal cortex; the time at which this occurs, typically around eight years of age; = pubarche n.

ΚΠ

1949 1948 Year Bk. Endocrinol., Metabolism & Nutrition 126 Age of entrance on the scene of the N hormone is termed the adrenarche; the age of exit, the adrenopause.

1974 N. D. Barnes et al. in M. M. Grumback et al. Control Onset Puberty viii. 223 Premature pubarche or adrenarche, the isolated growth of sexual hairs, is another form of precocious sexual development that may be neurogenically determined.

1990 Lancet 26 May 1277/2 To equate PCOS [= polycystic ovary syndrome] with hirsutism and oligomenorrhoea is to ignore such causes as prolactinoma and exaggerated adrenarche.

2001 Times 11 Dec. ii. 11/1 This increase in the activity of the adrenal glands normally occurs between six and eight years of age and is called adrenarche.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adrenarche
释义	adrenarchen. Brit. /ˌadrᵻˈnɑːki/, U.S. /ˌædrəˈnɑrki/, /ˈædrɛˌnɑrki/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: adrenal adj., menarche n. Etymology: < adren- (in adrenal adj.; compare adreno- comb. form) + -arche (in menarche n.). Compare pubarche n. Medicine. The first appearance of pubic and axillary hair in a child, occurring as a result of increased hormone synthesis by the adrenal cortex; the time at which this occurs, typically around eight years of age; = pubarche n. ΚΠ 1949 1948 Year Bk. Endocrinol., Metabolism & Nutrition 126 Age of entrance on the scene of the N hormone is termed the adrenarche; the age of exit, the adrenopause. 1974 N. D. Barnes et al. in M. M. Grumback et al. Control Onset Puberty viii. 223 Premature pubarche or adrenarche, the isolated growth of sexual hairs, is another form of precocious sexual development that may be neurogenically determined. 1990 Lancet 26 May 1277/2 To equate PCOS [= polycystic ovary syndrome] with hirsutism and oligomenorrhoea is to ignore such causes as prolactinoma and exaggerated adrenarche. 2001 Times 11 Dec. ii. 11/1 This increase in the activity of the adrenal glands normally occurs between six and eight years of age and is called adrenarche. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1949
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