genital stage


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Noun1.genital stage - (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
adolescence - the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
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In boys, mean ages of onset for all outcomes were lower with a doubling of prenatal PFOS, but CIs did not include the null only for Tanner genital Stage 2 (-3.10 mo, 95% CI: -6.19, 0.00) and voice break (-3.05 mo, 95% CI: -5.77, -0.34) (Table 4).
[Table 3] displays the data for serum concentrations of steroid hormones by genital stage, including the lower and upper limits for each hormone from stage G1 to G5.
Table 3: Age wise distribution of adolescents in relation to genital stage No.