virilization

/ ˌvɪrɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən /

noun

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

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The hormone cortisol, recently synthesized in the lab, had been found to arrest the virilization these girls normally underwent, allowing them to develop as normal females.

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virility virilocal

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