peripuberty

English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ puberty.

Noun

peripuberty (uncountable)

1. The time around puberty.
   • 1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents:

     Onset of transvestophilia is retrospectively dated to peripuberty or later, although fascination with female clothing may be dated to an earlier age, frequently age 8 or younger.

Related terms

• peripubescent