Meanings
present singular third person virilizes · participle present virilizing · participle past virilized · past virilized
- biologyTo make virile.
Although the hormonal abnormalities of CAH are treated shortly after birth, girls with CAH show physical signs of elevated prenatal androgen exposure (e.g., virilized genitalia) and tend to be masculinized along several behavioral dimensions (Berenbaum, 1999).
2007 December 12, David A. Puts, Michael A. McDaniel, Cynthia L. Jordan, S. Marc Breedlove, “Spatial Ability and Prenatal Androgens: Meta-Analyses of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Digit Ratio (2D:4D) Studies”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
verbproduce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
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Origin
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