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  2. Short stature - Wikipedia

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    In popular culture, the Napoleon complex, also known as "Napoleon syndrome" and "short man syndrome", is a purported condition normally attributed to people of short stature, with overly aggressive or domineering social behavior, and is named after Napoleon Bonaparte, the first Emperor of the French, who was estimated to have been 5' 2" tall ...

  3. Talk:Human height/Archive 4 - Wikipedia

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    verifies it. It confirms that they are the tallest in Europe. And it seems quite convincing because they have measured 2705 boys aged 17 and they are 1,85.6. And they have not stop growing. When these 17 year-olds stop growing at about 25, they may well be very close to 1.90 on average. It does not matter if their trainers prefer shorter ...

  4. Bone age - Wikipedia

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    Peak height velocity (PHV) occurs at the average age of 11 years for girls and at the average age of 13 years for boys. [29] While there is no exact age for the culmination of bone maturity, modern research suggests a range of between 15-17 years for bone maturity in boys and 14-16 years for girls.

  5. Tanner scale - Wikipedia

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    During Tanner V, females stop growing and reach their adult height. Usually, this happens in their mid teens at 14 or 15 years for females. Males also stop growing and reach their adult height during Tanner V; usually this happens in their late teens at 16 to 17 years, [medical citation needed] but can be a lot later, even into the early 20s.

  6. Pediatric podiatry - Wikipedia

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    Foot growth continues to be very rapid in the first 5 years of life; slower development continues until skeletal maturity of the feet, which occurs on average at 13 years in girls and 15 years in boys. Final foot length is achieved before maximum height is reached in both genders. [1]

  7. Scientists Urgently Warn: Stop Drinking Bottled Water - AOL

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    2. Plastic Bottles Can Leach Microplastics. Roughly 10% to 78% of bottled water samples contain contaminants, including microplastics. These are often hormone (endocrine) disruptors, and they're ...

  8. 13-year-old boy has rare condition that causes thick hair to ...

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    The only difference is Patidar might attract more selfie requests than the average 13-year-old boy. Patidar says his condition does cause breathing problems due to the long hair on his face.

  9. Epiphyseal plate - Wikipedia

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    The epiphyseal plate, epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.It is the part of a long bone where new bone growth takes place; that is, the whole bone is alive, with maintenance remodeling throughout its existing bone tissue, but the growth plate is the place where the long bone grows longer (adds length).