androgenizev.
/anˈdrɒdʒᵻnʌɪz/, /anˈdrɒdʒn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ænˈdrɑdʒəˌnaɪz/ Biology and Medicine.
transitive. To treat with or expose to androgens, esp. with the result that male sexual characteristics are produced; to make masculine in character or appearance (also in more general use). Also intransitive: to develop male characteristics as a result of androgen exposure.
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1952 Educ. Proc. Permanente Hospitals 2 55 Testosterone can be given, which will androgenize them still further. Since their usual tendency is to appear masculine, their external sexual appearance does not differ from their internal organs if this solution is chosen.
1995 M. R. Kauth & S. C. Kalichman in L. Diamant & R. D. McAnulty Psychol. Sexual Orientation, Behav., & Identity iv. 86 Another set of researchers..concluded that a genetic recessive condition in women,..which androgenizes development, increased the likelihood of homosexuality.
2009 R. D. Oates & D. J. Lamb in L. I. Lipshultz et al. Infertility in Male (ed. 4) xv. 252/1 On the opposite end are those KS [= Klinefelter syndrome] men who have an adequate amount of testosterone secretion at puberty to androgenize as expected.
2017 Towerlight (Towson Univ.) (Nexis) 8 May 1 The role is generally played by a man, albeit a lipstick-wearing one, but Czajkowski's performance androgenizes the role.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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