"second puberty" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} second puberty (uncountable)
  1. (slang, medicine) The physical, hormonal, and emotional changes that occur in adulthood. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-second_puberty-en-noun-u8Yc7Kba Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (transgender) The physical, hormonal, and emotional changes that occur during a hormone replacement therapy. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-second_puberty-en-noun-vnIPDEd5 Categories (other): Transgender, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Two Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Two: 8 92
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