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Meaning of gonadarche | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.

uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

gonadectomy gonadoblastoma gonadodysgenesis gonadogenesis gonadorelin gonadotoxicity

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