thelarche
English
noun
Definitions
- The first stage of postnatal breast development, usually occurring at the beginning of puberty in girls, in which a firm, tender lump develops under the centre of the nipple.
- The process of breast development or the period of such development.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek θηλή (nipple, teat) + Ancient Greek ἀρχή (beginning, power, authority, government, rulership, onset).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀρχή
Gloss
beginning, power, authority, government, rulership, onset
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coitarche English
- spermarche English
- thelarchal English
- thelarcheal English
- thelion English
- thelitis English
- thelium English
- -ion Latin
- анархия Russian
- θηλή Ancient Greek
- ἀρχή Ancient Greek
- ἀρχαῖος Ancient Greek
- ἀρχηγέτης Ancient Greek
- ἄναρχος Ancient Greek
- ἄρχω Ancient Greek
- Ἀρχίας Ancient Greek
- monarki Danish
- αρχή Greek (modern)
- анархия Bulgarian
- ⲁⲣⲭⲏ Coptic
- μήν grc-att