masculinization

mas·cu·lin·ize  (msky-l-nz)

tr.v. mas·cu·lin·ized, mas·cu·lin·iz·ing, mas·cu·lin·iz·es

1. To give a masculine appearance or character to.

2. To cause (a female) to assume masculine characteristics, as through hormonal imbalance or male hormone therapy.

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mascu·lin·i·zation (-l-n-zshn) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

masculinization - the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) masculinisation, virilisation, virilization 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"

Translations

masculinization [ˌmæskjʊlɪnaɪˈzeɪʃən] N → masculinización f