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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.

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virilization

(ˌvɪrɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən) or

virilisation

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

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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.

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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?

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The patients on oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy, liver and kidney diseases, congenital adrenal hyperplasia simple virilizing or severe, adrenal insufficiency, Cushing's syndrome, primary amenorrhea due to any cause, Sheehan syndrome, pregnancy, lactation, treatment for infertility, premature ovarian failure, and hyperprolactinemia were excluded.