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Foetus
at this time, a baby is growing inside it’s mum’s womb -
Birth
the process of coming into existence as a new individual -
Infant
a baby or very young child -
Infancy
the earliest stage of childhood, typically from birth to 18 months -
Toddler
a child who has only recently learnt to walk -
Childhood
the period of time in a person’s life when they are a child -
Teenager
a person who is between 13 and 19 years old -
Puberty
the period of a person’s life during which their sexual organs develop and they become capable of having children -
Adolescence
the time in a person’s life when he or she develops from a child into an adult -
Adulthood
the stage of life after adolescence, when a person is fully grown and capable of taking on adult responsibilities -
Middle age
the period of your life when you are neither young nor old, between the ages of about 45 and 60 -
Retirement age
stopping work because you have reached a particular age -
Old age
the stage of life after middle age, typically considered to begin around 60 or 65 years old -
Geriatrics
the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of old age -
Senescence
the state of being old; the process of becoming older -
Mortality
the state of being subject to death