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demasculinize

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v. t.1.to remove the testicles of a male animal.
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Verb1.demasculinize - remove the testicles of a male animal
demasculinise, emasculate, castrate
caponise, caponize - convert a cock into a capon
geld, cut - cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"
desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"


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When delivered to pregnant rats, a very low dose of dioxin can not only demasculinize but also feminize the sexual development of male offspring, a trio of new studies shows.
Perinatal dioxin feminizes male rats by Raloff, Janet / Science News
2002), or maternal stress during gestation can also demasculinize play behavior (Ward and Stehm 1991).
Perinatal exposure to low levels of the environmental antiandrogen ... by Markowski, Vincent P. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Finally, as discussed earlier, developmental lead exposure decreases circulating testosterone levels and demasculinizes the pre-optic area in male rats.
Cognitive effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in animals. ... by Widholm, John J. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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