Home › Words › M › minipubertyminipubertyminipuberty means A temporary raised level of sex hormones that initiates gender-specific changes in a fetus.EtymologyFrom mini- + puberty.nounA temporary raised level of sex hormones that initiates gender-specific changes in a fetuse.g.“This transient surge in hormones is known as minipuberty.” — 2016 January 13, “The Relationship between the Second-to-Fourth Digit Ratio and Behavioral Sexual Dimorphism in School-Aged Children”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pseudopuberty 61% match — secondary sexual development induced by sex steroids from abnormal sources vs minipuberty →peripubertally 59% match — In a peripubertal manner vs minipuberty →postpubertal 57% match — After puberty. vs minipuberty →peripuberty 56% match — The time around puberty. vs minipuberty →prepubescence 56% match — The period prior to the onset of puberty; prepuberty vs minipuberty →postpubertally 55% match — After puberty. vs minipuberty →prepubertally 55% match — Before puberty. vs minipuberty →postpuberty 54% match — After puberty. vs minipuberty →