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masculinize [′mas·kyə·lə‚nīz]
(physiology) To cause a female or a sexually immature animal to take on male secondary sex characteristics. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The pair point out that fourteen of the twenty diverse fish genera previously reported as having TSD in fact have sex chromosomes, and that it takes unnatural temperatures found only in the laboratory to masculinize their genetic females. All don eccentric, stylish, and symbolically uninvested costumes, their faces heavily laden with makeup, their voices often subject to digital pitch-bending in order to masculinize or feminize them to absurd degrees. To be sure, the policies at these institutions do not particularly favor (at the Academy or elsewhere) feminine women--womanly, gentle, elegant, demure, nurturing, maternal, and beautiful--except as raw material for a process that will typically masculinize them. |
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