Pathologic Function
delayed puberty
Subclass of:
Gonadal Disorders
Definitions related to delayed puberty:
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Lack of onset of breast development by the age of 13 years in girls and the absence of testicular enlargement by the age of 13-14 years in boys.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Passing the age when puberty normally occurs with no physical or hormonal signs of the onset of puberty.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Unusually late sexual maturity.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(puberty, delayed) The lack of development of SEXUAL MATURATION in boys and girls at a chronological age that is 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of PUBERTY in a population. Delayed puberty can be classified by defects in the hypothalamic LHRH pulse generator, the PITUITARY GLAND, or the GONADS. These patients will undergo spontaneous but delayed puberty whereas patients with SEXUAL INFANTILISM will not.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A disorder characterized by unusually late sexual maturity.Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse EventsU.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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Delayed puberty is absence of sexual maturation at the expected time. Diagnosis is by measurement of gonadal hormones (testosterone and estradiol), luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone. Treatment, when necessary, usually involves specific hormone replacement.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Children with constitutional growth delay (CGD), the most common cause of short stature and pubertal delay, typically have retarded linear growth within the first 3 years of life. In this variant of normal growth, linear growth velocity and weight gain slows beginning as young as age 3-6 months, resulting in downward crossing of growth...WebMD, 2019
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Puberty is an interval characterized by the acquisition of the secondary sexual characteristics, accelerated linear growth, increase in the secretion of sex hormones, maturation of gonads (testes in boys; ovaries in girls), and the potential for reproduction. It is typically complete within 2 to 5 years. Delayed puberty is defined as the...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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Delayed puberty, failure of the physical development of the reproductive system by the normal stage or period of life when a child transforms into an adult capable of procreation. In girls, puberty is considered to be delayed if no pubertal development has occurred by age 13 or 14, and girls who...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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