FEMINIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feminization mean? 

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

1. the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEMINIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

feminisation; feminization

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

pathologic process; pathological process (an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease)

Derivation:

feminize (assume (more) feminine characteristics)

 Context examples 

The minority of patients present as phenotypic males with feminization.

(Ovarian Gonadoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)