PUBERTY

n. Pu2b'u5rt-i. Lat., puberfas (from puber, adult). Fr., puberte, maturite prorreatrice. Ger., Pubertat, Pubertdtzeit <2d def.), Mannbarkeit (3d def.). 1. The sum of the changes in the generative organs and in the general system which accompany the a umption of functional activity by the former. 2. The age at O, no; O2, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 353]