noun
the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
• Syn: ↑masculinization, ↑masculinisation, ↑virilisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑virilize, ↑masculinize (for: ↑masculinization)
• Hypernyms: ↑growth, ↑growing, ↑maturation, ↑development, ↑ontogeny, ↑ontogenesis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.