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virilism

[ vir-uh-liz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a female disorder in which there is development of secondary male sexual characteristics, as hirsutism and lowered voice, caused by various conditions affecting hormone regulation.


virilism

/ 藞惫瑟谤瑟藢濒瑟锄蓹尘 /

noun

  1. med the abnormal development in a woman of male secondary sex characteristics
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of virilism1

First recorded in 1895鈥1900; virile + -ism
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鈥淪o if we want to go toward equality we have to attack virilism.鈥

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A woman who is gonad deficient with a superior adrenal will suffer from virilism and specialize in the extreme tactics and mythology of the feminist movement.

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He declared that men had always eaten more meat than women and that 鈥渋t鈥檚 not virilism, it鈥檚 nature.鈥

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If physically feminine鈥攄ue to adequate feminine reactions on the part of the other endocrines鈥攕he will at least show the qualities of a psychic virilism.

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