puberty blocker

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Noun

puberty blocker (plural puberty blockers)

  1. (medicine, endocrinology) Any drug used to postpone puberty in children.
    Synonym: puberty inhibitor
    • 2023 August 31, Hanna Rosin, Ethan Brooks, “When the State Has a Problem With Your Identity”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      And then suddenly all the grown-ups—senators, judges, teachers, parents, reporters—were talking about things like puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgeries and who was doing the better job “protecting children.”
    • 2025 November 22, David Churchill, “Hundreds of children - some as young as 10 - are set to be jabbed with puberty blockers in NHS-backed experiment”, in Daily Mail‎[2]:
      Hundreds of children - some as young as 10 - are set to be jabbed with puberty blockers in NHS-backed experiment

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