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virilisation

virilisation is the alternative form of virilization.

Meaning of virilization

Noun

virilization (countable and uncountable, plural virilizations)

  1. The development of sex characteristics that are typically found in men.
    Synonyms:
    masculinization

Forms of virilisation

pluralvirilisations

Origin of virilisation

From virile + -isation.

Questions about virilisation

What is virilisation the alternative form of?
Virilisation is the alternative form of virilization.

Words near virilisation in the dictionary

  1. Virilian
  2. virilified
  3. virilifies
  4. virilify
  5. virilifying
  6. virilisation
  7. virilisations
  8. virilise
  9. virilised
  10. virilising
  11. virilism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: virilisation (page history and authors); virilization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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