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virilise

/ˈvɪrɪlaɪz/

Translations

viriliseverb

virilised

Past Simple

virilised

Past Participle

virilising

Gerund

/ˈvɪrɪlaɪz/

The hormone treatment can virilise female athletes.

Гормональное лечение может маскулинизировать спортсменок.

Additional translations

воспитывать в мужественности

Synonyms

man up

Antonyms

viriliseverb

To cause a male secondary sexual characteristic to develop in a female or prepubescent male, typically through the administration of male hormones.

The doctor warned that the medication could virilise the patient if not monitored carefully.

To develop male secondary sexual characteristics as a result of increased androgen levels.

Because of an adrenal tumour, she began to virilise during adolescence.