See Also: Childhood(medicine)
childhood(dictionary)
childhood(dictionary)
Childhood(health)
second childhood(dictionary)
schizophrenia, childhood(medicine)
childhood schizophrenia(medicine)
childhood tuberculosis(medicine)
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood(health)
Childhood ataxia with CNS hypomyelinization(health)

childhood (iou)



childhood noun.

The state or stage of life of a child; the time during which one is a child; the time from birth to puberty. OE.
second childhood the state of childishness incident to old age; dotage.
fig.: Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Now I have stain'd the childhood of our joy.
Childishness; a childish action. Only in ME.
The relationship of child to parent. Only in E17.