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masculinization

noun

Etymology

From masculinize + -ation.

  1. derived from masculīnus
  2. derived from masculin
  3. inherited from masculyne
  4. formed as masculinize — “masculine + -ize”
  5. suffixed as masculinization — “masculinize + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act of rendering someone or something masculine.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for masculinization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA