Precocious puberty — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Precocious puberty ICD10 = ICD10|E|30|1|e|20, ICD10|E|22|8|e|20 ICD9 = ICD9|259.1 OMIM = 176400 DiseasesDB = 10519 MedlinePlus = 001168 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 1882 MeshID = D011629 Precocious puberty… … Wikipedia
precocious puberty — the development at an early age of the physical and physiological changes associated with puberty. In girls this is usually taken as development of breasts or pubic hair before the age of six or menstruation before the age of eight. In boys… … The new mediacal dictionary
precocious puberty — /prəkoʊʃəs ˈpjubəti/ (say pruhkohshuhs pyoohbuhtee) noun puberty which has an unusually early onset, in girls before age 8 and in boys before age 9, either as a variation in normal development or as a result of disease or abnormal hormones …
constitutional precocious puberty — precocious puberty occurring in otherwise normal children generally with a family history of early onset of puberty. The age range for such individuals overlaps the upper range for those with idiopathic precocious puberty … Medical dictionary
central precocious puberty — precocious puberty caused by premature hypothalamic pituitary gonadal maturation; it is always isosexual and involves not only development of secondary sex characters but also development of the gonads. Increases in height and weight and osseous… … Medical dictionary
contrasexual precocious puberty — precocious puberty in which secondary sex characters of the opposite sex are developed; called also heterosexual precocious p … Medical dictionary
isosexual precocious puberty — precocious puberty in which sex characters are consistent with the sex of the individual … Medical dictionary
Male-limited precocious puberty — Classification and external resources OMIM 176410 Male limited precocious puberty (also known as familial sexual precocity and gonadotropin independent testotoxicosis)[1] is a form of gonadotropin independent … Wikipedia
idiopathic precocious puberty — central precocious puberty in which no underlying causative lesion can be found; it affects mainly girls and is usually sporadic, although there is a hereditary form whose occurrence is confined largely to boys … Medical dictionary
neurogenic precocious puberty — central precocious puberty that is caused by a lesion of the central nervous system, such as tumor, congenital defect, or trauma … Medical dictionary
