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Masculinization

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of rendering someone or something masculine. countable, uncountable

    "A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development."

  2. 2
    the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) wordnet

Etymology

From masculinize + -ation.

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