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• juvenilized — juvenilize (Amer.) v. make juvenile; make immature; make appropriate for children; make more appealing to children (also juvenilise) …   English contemporary dictionary

• juvenilize — juvenilization, n. /jooh veuh nl uyz /, v.t., juvenilized, juvenilizing. 1. to make juvenile or immature: to juvenilize the classics for quick reading. 2. to make suitable for or more appealing to children. Also, esp. Brit., juvenilise. [1825 35; …   Universalium

• paedomorphosis — ▪ biology also spelled  Pedomorphosis,         retention by an organism of juvenile or even larval traits into later life. There are two aspects of paedomorphosis: acceleration of sexual maturation relative to the rest of development (progenesis) …   Universalium