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adolescent
1. Going through the period of adolescence; such as, adolescent males and females.
2. Typical of someone who is immature.
3. Etymology: from Latin adolescent from adolescere, "to be nourished, to grow up". This is also the source of English adult from alere, "to nourish".
2. Typical of someone who is immature.
3. Etymology: from Latin adolescent from adolescere, "to be nourished, to grow up". This is also the source of English adult from alere, "to nourish".
A teenager who acts like a baby when you don't treat him like an adult.
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alesc-, alit-, olesc-
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-ent
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-esce, -escent, -escence
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“adolescent”
adolescent crisis
The physiological and emotional changes which occur during adolescence and
constitute a sudden demand on the ego for novel adaptational responses.
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cris-, crit-, cri- +
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-esce, -escent, -escence
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hebiatrics, adolescent medicine
1. Specializing in the medical treatment of adolescents.
2. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of youth between thirteen and twenty-one years of age.
3. A field of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period beginning with puberty until the cessation of somatic (bodily) growth.
2. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of youth between thirteen and twenty-one years of age.
3. A field of medicine pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases occurring during the period beginning with puberty until the cessation of somatic (bodily) growth.
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hebe-, heb-
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iatro-, iater-, -iatria, -iatric, -iatrician, -iatrics, -iatrist, -iatry; -iatricians, -iatrists, -iatries +
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-ics, -tics [-ac after i]
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medico-, medic-, medi-, med-
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