adolescence (redirected from Adolecent)

adolescence /ad·o·les·cence/ (ad″o-les´ens) the period between puberty and the completion of physical growth, roughly from 11 to 19 years of age.adoles´cent

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ad·o·les·cence (dl-sns)

n.

The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to complete growth and maturity.

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adolescence

[ad′əles′əns]

Etymology: L, adolescere, to grow up

1 the period in development between the onset of puberty and adulthood. It usually begins between 11 and 13 years of age with the appearance of secondary sex characteristics and spans the teenage years, terminating at 18 to 20 years of age with the completion of the development of the adult form. During this period, the individual undergoes extensive physical, psychologic, emotional, and personality changes.

2 the state or quality of being adolescent or youthful. See also postpuberty, prepuberty, psychosexual development, psychosocial development, pubarche.

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adolescence,

n the period of development between the onset of puberty and adulthood. This period is generally marked by the appearance of secondary sex characteristics, usually from 11 to 13 years of age, and spans the teen years.

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adolescence

Adolescent medicine A period that begins with the onset of 2º sexual characteristics–puberty and ends with the cessation of growth–adulthood, in the vernacular, teenagehood, generally between 13 and 18. Cf Adulthood, Childhood

Adolescence–signs of psychological problems

Problem behaviors,

eg substance abuse, sexual promiscuity, delinquency

Interpersonal isolation

from friends and family

Cognitive dysfunction,

eg decline in academic performance, irregularities in expressive or receptive language

To be normal during adolescence is, by itself abnormal–Anna Freud.