masculinization
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editmasculinization (countable and uncountable, plural masculinizations)
- The act of making masculine.
- Synonym: virilization
- Antonym: feminization
- 2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality:
- 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.
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editact of making masculine
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