Virilise (Verb)
Meaning
Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; "the drugs masculinized the teenage girl".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The disorder caused her body to virilise, resulting in an unusually deep voice and increased facial hair.
- When the girl was exposed to high levels of testosterone in the womb, it began to virilise her body before birth.
- Endocrine treatments began to virilise the individual undergoing hormone therapy for transition.
- The long-term effects of the condition led her body to virilise, changing the shape and appearance of her features.
- A rare genetic disorder can virilise some female children from birth by affecting the development of their reproductive organs.