masculinization

English

Etymology

masculinize +‎ -ation

Noun

masculinization (countable and uncountable, plural masculinizations)

  1. The act of making masculine.
    • 2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality
      A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development.

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