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