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Stages of life

  • Foetus

    Foetus

    at this time, a baby is growing inside it’s mum’s womb
  • Birth

    Birth

    the process of coming into existence as a new individual
  • Infant

    Infant

    a baby or very young child
  • Infancy

    Infancy

    the earliest stage of childhood, typically from birth to 18 months
  • Toddler

    Toddler

    a child who has only recently learnt to walk
  • Childhood

    Childhood

    the period of time in a person’s life when they are a child
  • Teenager

    Teenager

    a person who is between 13 and 19 years old
  • Puberty

    Puberty

    the period of a person’s life during which their sexual organs develop and they become capable of having children
  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    the time in a person’s life when he or she develops from a child into an adult
  • Adulthood

    Adulthood

    the stage of life after adolescence, when a person is fully grown and capable of taking on adult responsibilities
  • Middle age

    Middle age

    the period of your life when you are neither young nor old, between the ages of about 45 and 60
  • Retirement age

    Retirement age

    stopping work because you have reached a particular age
  • Old age

    Old age

    the stage of life after middle age, typically considered to begin around 60 or 65 years old
  • Geriatrics

    Geriatrics

    the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of old age
  • Senescence

    Senescence

    the state of being old; the process of becoming older
  • Mortality

    Mortality

    the state of being subject to death