Usually means: Transition period before teenage years.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word preadolescence:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. preadolescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. preadolescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preadolescence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preadolescence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. preadolescence: Wiktionary
  6. preadolescence: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. preadolescence: Dictionary.com
  8. Preadolescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. preadolescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. preadolescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. preadolescence: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preadolescence)

▸ noun:  The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about 9 and 11 for girls, and 10 and 12 for boys.

Similar:
postadolescence, preteen, pre-teen, preteenhood, preadulthood, pre-teenhood, prepubescence, childhood, peripuberty, postpubescence, more...

Opposite:
adolescence, teenage years, puberty

Types:
tween, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, more...

Adjectives:
late, female, male, absolute, immediate, normal, early

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Similar:
postadolescence, preteen, pre-teen, preteenhood, preadulthood, pre-teenhood, prepubescence, childhood, peripuberty, postpubescence, more...

Opposite:
adolescence, teenage years, puberty

Types:
tween, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, more...

Adjectives:
late, female, male, absolute, immediate, normal, early



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