puberty blocker

puberty blocker (plural puberty blockers)

1. 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:

     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.”