prepubescent
/pree-pyoo-bes-uhnt/US // ˌpri pyuˈbɛs ənt //UK // (ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsənt) //
青春期前,早熟,早熟儿,早熟期
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a prepubescent boy or girl.
Examples
Decisions about abusive sexual imagery, for example, can rest on an assessment of whether a naked child in an image appears adolescent or prepubescent, based on comparison of hip bones and pubic hair to a medical index chart.
A new law in Tennessee bans such hormones for prepubescent children.
Polette, a truck driver, married Bacot’s mother in 1992, and started grooming her immediately, insisting he put body lotion on her prepubescent body and on watching her bathe, according to her memoir.
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