VIRILISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does virilism mean? 

• VIRILISM (noun)
  The noun VIRILISM has 1 sense:

1. the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy)

  Familiarity information: VIRILISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIRILISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("virilism" is a kind of...):

sex character; sex characteristic; sexual characteristic (those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other)

 Context examples 

Female patients usually have symptoms related to virilism.

(Androgen-Producing Adrenal Cortex Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms are usually related to the excessive production of hormones, and include Cushing's syndrome and virilism in women.

(Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypercortisolism is the most common hormonal abnormality observed in this cancer; patients may also present with virilism or Cushing's syndrome.

(Adrenal Cortex Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)