HyperDic: virilisation

English > 1 sense of the word virilisation:
NOUNprocessvirilisation, masculinization, masculinisation, virilizationthe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
English > virilisation: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningThe abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction).
Synonymsmasculinization, masculinisation, virilization
Broadergrowth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically

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