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virilization
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vir·il·i·za·tion  (vîr-l-zshn)
n.
Development of male secondary sexual characteristics.

viril·ize (--lz) v.

virilization, virilisation [ˌvɪrɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the development of adult male physical characteristics in a female or a young boy
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Noun1.virilization - the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)virilization - the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"


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Labioscrotal fusion and increased anogenital ratio (ratio of AGD to anoclitoral distance) was reported in three female infants with virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia (Callegari et al.
Adults with hormone-secreting ACCs usually present with Cushing's syndrome alone (45%), or a mixed Cushing's and virilizing syndrome with overproduction of both glucocorticoids and androgens (25%).
LCTs of the testis are frequently hormonally active, leading to either feminizing or virilizing syndromes.
 
 
 
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