masculinization

Questions about masculinization

What does masculinization mean?

masculinization means "the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)".

How many syllables are in masculinization?

masculinization has 7 syllables and divides as ma-scu-li-ni-za-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for masculinization?

Close synonyms include masculinisation, virilization, virilisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is masculinization a common word?

masculinization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.