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virilizing

virilizing is the present participle and gerund of virilize.

Meaning of virilize

Verb

virilize (third-person singular simple present virilizes, present participle virilizing, simple past and past participle virilized)

  1. To make virile.
    • Although the hormonal abnormalities of CAH are treated shortly after birth, girls with CAH show physical signs of elevated prenatal androgen exposure (e.g., virilized genitalia) and tend to be masculinized along several behavioral dimensions (Berenbaum, 1999).2007 December 12, David A. Puts, Michael A. McDaniel, Cynthia L. Jordan, S. Marc Breedlove, “Spatial Ability and Prenatal Androgens: Meta-Analyses of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Digit Ratio...

Questions about virilizing

What is virilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Virilizing is the present participle and gerund of virilize.

Words near virilizing in the dictionary

  1. virilize
  2. virilized
  3. virilizer
  4. virilizers
  5. virilizes
  6. virilizing
  7. virilocal
  8. virilocality
  9. virilocally
  10. viriloid
  11. viring

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