masculinization

noun

masculinization

noun

Etymology From masculinize + -ation.

1

The act of rendering someone or something masculine.

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.2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality:

Derived terms: demasculinization, remasculinization, undermasculinization

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