virilizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

virilize (三人称単数 現在形 virilizes, 現在分詞 virilizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 virilized)

1. (biology) To make virile.
   • 2007 December 12, David A. Puts, Michael A. McDaniel, Cynthia L. Jordan and S. Marc Breedlove, “Spatial Ability and Prenatal Androgens: Meta-Analyses of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Digit Ratio (2D:4D) Studies”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, DOI:10.1007/s10508-007-9271-3:

     Although the hormonal abnormalities of CAH are treated shortly after birth, girls with CAH show physical signs of elevated prenatal androgen exposure (e.g., virilized genitalia) and tend to be masculinized along several behavioral dimensions (Berenbaum, 1999).