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defeminisation

defeminisation is the alternative form of defeminization.

Meaning of defeminization

Noun

defeminization (usually uncountable, plural defeminizations)

  1. (usually) The process of defeminizing.
    • In contrast, most of the defeminization and masculinization of the CNS is dependent on conversion of testosterone to estradiol.2007 December 11, Evelyn F. Field, Sergio M. Pellis, “The Brain as the Engine of Sex Differences in the Organization of Movement in Rats”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI

Questions about defeminisation

What is defeminisation the alternative form of?
Defeminisation is the alternative form of defeminization.

Words near defeminisation in the dictionary

  1. defelonized
  2. defelonizes
  3. defelonizing
  4. defeminated
  5. defemination
  6. defeminisation
  7. defeminise
  8. defeminised
  9. defeminises
  10. defeminising
  11. defeminization

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