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vir·il·i·za·tion

(vîr′ə-lĭ-zā′shən)

Development of male secondary sexual characteristics.

vir′il·ize′ (-ə-līz′) v.

virilization

(ˌvɪrɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən) or

virilisation

(Physiology) the development of adult male physical characteristics in a female or a young boy

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Noun

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

masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation

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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virilisation

vir·i·li·za·tion

n. virilización, masculinización, proceso por el cual se desarrollan en la mujer características masculinas gen. debido a un trastorno hormonal o al suplemento artificial de hormonas masculinas.

virilization

n virilización f

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Or, was her PMS and subsequent severe dysmenorrhea somehow related to her demonstrated excessive 5[alpha]-R activity, acne and sensitivity to the virilizing effects of DHEA?

The clinical importance of 5-Alpha-Reductase in human health and pathology: part 2: women, polycystic ovarian syndrome, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, hormone replacement therapy, and beyond

Sertoli-stromal tumors, also known as Leydig cell tumors, are rare, androgen-secreting, virilizing tumors in young women.

MRI classification and characterization of complex ovarian masses

This virilizing alteration is induced by the organotin compound called TBT (tributyltin), used as a biocide in antifouling paints and other products (Castro et al.

Imposex in Thaisella chocolata (Duelos, 1832) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) Caldera Bay, Chile

The most common cause of CAH is 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) where patients with the classic form present with or without salt loss (salt wasting or simple virilizing forms, resp.

Functional and structural consequences of nine CYP21A2 mutations ranging from very mild to severe effects

Selected Disorders of Sexual Differentiation Disorders of Sexual Differentiation Disorder Description Genital Appearance Conditions Associated with Prenatal (Postnatal) Virilization of 46,XX Individuals * 46,XX with Endocrine disorder Female (normal congenital adrenal where the adrenal ovaries and hyperplasia (most glands produce uterus) with common cause 21- extremely high genital hydroxylase levels of masculinzation deficiency) virilizing ranging from mild hormones inutero.

Disorders of sexual differentiation: ethical considerations surrounding early cosmetic genital surgery

A case study of virilizing adrenal tumor in an adolescent female elite tennis player-insight into the use of anabolic steroids in young athletes.

Greater arousal in response to expansive female pubic hair is linked to more positive reactions to female sterility among heterosexual men

Based on these investigations a diagnosis of virilizing (androgen producing) tumor of ovary was made.

Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor: a rare ovarian tumor

The observations of a longer AGD in girls with virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia (Callegari et al.

Anogenital distance and penile length in infants with hypospadias or cryptorchidism: comparison with normative data

Damste, "Voice Changes in Adult Women Caused by Virilizing Agents," Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 32, no.

The effect of hormones on the voice

Classic type presents early in infant life as salt losing or simple virilizing type, whereas non classic form presents late at puberty or in adult life.

Classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A delayed presentation

A phenotypic spectrum exists, and the phenotype is classified into 3 subtypes according to clinical severity: classic salt-wasting (SW), classic simple virilizing (SV), and nonclassic (NC) (mild or lateonset) forms.

Junction site analysis of chimeric CYP21A1p/CYP21A2 genes in 21-hydroxylase deficiency

A milder simple virilizing form may presen t with ambiguous genitalia and marked virilization of the newborn with female karyotype often causing uncertainty in assignment of sex8.