androgenizationn.
/anˌdrɒdʒᵻnʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /anˌdrɒdʒn̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ænˌdrɑdʒənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ænˌdrɑdʒəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Biology and Medicine.
Exposure to the action of androgens; treatment with androgens. Also: the development of male sexual characteristics in response to androgens.
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androgenization1945
1945 Psychosomatic Med. 7 109/1 The production of artificial hermaphroditism in lower animals by indirect and direct androgenization or estrogenization.
1963 D. C. Johnson in Endocrinology 73 467/2 Androgenization of females was accomplished by injecting 5-day-old animals with 2.5 mg of testosterone propionate.
1977 Lancet 24 Dec. 1361/2 The use of gonadotrophins after correction of cryptorchidism should not be contemplated until puberty because of the danger of premature androgenisation.
2008 Environmental Health Perspectives 116 949/2 Penis length [in infant boys] is the accepted clinical measure of androgenization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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