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masculinization

American  
[mas-kyuh-lin-iz-ay-shuhn] / ˌmæs kjə lɪn ɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the process or result of masculinizing.


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Wright, a transgender man, has chronicled his medical journey online, flexing and dancing to show how his body transformed after a masculinization procedure he nicknamed “Dorito chip” for the way it altered his shape.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2024

Among the respondents, mostly adults at the time of the procedure, none reported reversing the surgery, and one-quarter went on to have more cross-gender treatments such as hysterectomies or facial masculinization.

From Washington Times Aug. 9, 2023

She remains vanishingly thin from the eating disorder she developed during her service, an attempt to counter the masculinization of her body from the intense physical drills.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2022

You talked about that masculinization of a whole condition, but that's just a replication of the masculinization of the whole world.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2022

The persistence of the thymus after adolescence makes for an arrest of masculinization or feminization, the end-point arrived at by the processes of puberty.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

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