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[ noun ] the time of person's life when they are a child
Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)We get some clue from a_few remembrances of childhood and from the circumstance that we are probably not much more afraid of people now than man ever was . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Again , the sufferings and disasters produced by any transgression against the commandment not to love are almost invariably associated in one way or another with childhood , with the figure of a child . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)From childhood he had known all about knives . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)These little songs , however , were sweet_nothings from_the_heart , tender memories of his childhood , little melodies that anyone could hum and that would make one want to weep . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)In the cruel clearness of her memory the boy remained unchanged , quick with the delight of laughter , and the pain with which she recalled that short destroyed childhood was still unendurable to her . |
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[ noun ] the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Synonyms Used in print (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)Fourth , the two indicators are for_the_most_part widely separated chronologically , with the extensive age gap occurring during childhood for all but one growth center . Since a Skeletal Age rating can be made at any age during growth , from Elbow , Shoulder , Knee , or Foot as_well_as Hand , it seems to be the method_of_choice when one wishes to study most aspects of skeletal developmental progress during childhood . Related terms |
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