See Also: adrenarche(medicine)

wandsman (iou) and adrenarche (medicine)


wandsman (iou)



wandsman noun. Pl. -men. M19.
[from WAND noun + -'S1 + MAN noun.]
An official who carries a wand or rod; a verger of a cathedral.

adrenarche (medicine)


adrenarche


1. Axillary and pubic hair growth during puberty induced by hyperactivity of the adrenal cortex.

2. Physiologic change at puberty caused by adrenocortical secretion of androgenic hormones or precursors of them.

Origin: adren-+ G. Arche, beginning