(n.) The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.
Example Sentences:
(1) The nurses who enjoyed the field most were of the androgynous or masculine type and had high levels of self-esteem.
(2) When added to the food in two different doses during 8 weeks, 11 beta-hydroxyandrostenedione had a pronounced masculinizing effect, and androstenedione did not modify the gonads at all.
(3) This report deals with the shortened estrous cycles, masculinization, depressed fertility, and the systemic hormone profiles resulting from a granulosa cell tumor in a doe.
(4) Moreover, the presence of a loss-of-function runt mutation masculinizes triploid intersexes.
(5) But when a man is placed in the role of a woman talking to other women, his masculinity is called into question.
(6) It's hard to imagine a more masculine character than Thor, who is based on the god of thunder of Norse myth: he's the strapping, hammer-wielding son of Odin who, more often than not, sports a beard and likes nothing better than smacking frost giants.
(7) We wanted a place where men could discuss masculine topics without facing the same public shaming outcry that happens on social media sites – feminists are quick on the trigger to try to take down anything they consider wrong … Milo Yiannopoulos lost his verified status on Twitter because of his views on masculinity.
(8) Two major facts that bear direct relationship with the control of masculine reproductive behavior were demonstrated.
(9) Previous research by Bem has indicated that androgynous individuals of both sexes display "masculine" independence when under pressure to conform as well as "feminine" nurturance when interacting with a kitten.
(10) Europe's first ruling on Brexit: it's masculine, unless you're Italian Read more EU diplomats speak, too, of genuine shock at proposals by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, to oblige British firms to disclose how many foreign workers they employ.
(11) Lacl of masculinization in female infants whose virilized mothers have h. luteinalis is in contrast to the common finding of fetal masculinization when maternal virilization occurs with luteoma of pregnancy.
(12) A new 1-stage procedure for clitorovaginoplasty in severely masculinized female pseudohermaphrodites is presented.
(13) The Turner prize-winning artist has turned his sights on the survivalist and his exceptionally rugged version of masculinity, arguing that it isn’t fit for the 21st century.
(14) Interestingly, in addition to feminizing XO animals, xol-1 mutations further masculinize XX animals already partially masculinized.
(15) On the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory, they scored high on the depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, and paranoia scales, and they scored low on the masculinity-feminity scale.
(16) Nonmasculine individuals perceived the adversary more positively than masculine individuals regardless of strategy of resolution.
(17) Men who adopted a submissive feminine role and women with high masculine aggressive scores were more permissive as regards drinking.
(18) In the 1960's, high masculinity of mortality was associated independently with low proportions in primary activities, high proportions hiring in large cities, and with high discrimination against females in school enrollment combined with poor nutritional standards.
(19) The study was designed to test whether men and women identifying with a masculine stereotype differ in their perception of a confederate (adversary) who displays either an empathetic or aggressive role in resolving a disagreement over social issues.
(20) Thus, it appears that PG synthesis plays a role in the testosterone-induced masculine differentiation of the Wolffian duct.
Virility
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Early prenatal suppression of the fetal adrenal cortex with fluorinated corticosteroids can prevent virilization of female fetuses with 21-hydroxylase deficiency.
(2) The patient showed no virilization, but did show elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels.
(3) In histologically proven hyperthecosis, signs of virilism were absent in 6 cases.
(4) Lacl of masculinization in female infants whose virilized mothers have h. luteinalis is in contrast to the common finding of fetal masculinization when maternal virilization occurs with luteoma of pregnancy.
(5) Cognitive studies of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) patients have revealed (1) the presence of an IQ advantage in patients, siblings and parents due to socioeconomic status, genetic, hormonal, or other factors; (2) an IQ disadvantage in salt wasters compared with simple virilizers, probably due to early brain damage secondary to salt-wasting crisis; (3) a possibly increased incidence of learning disabilities, particularly in female patients and particularly for calculation abilities, due to disease-related early androgen exposure; and (4) a possible post-pubertal spatial advantage in CAH women, also due to early androgen exposure.
(6) The genetic, biochemical, clinical and endocrinological features of four distinct syndromes are described in which defective virilization in genetic and gondal men appears to result from resistance to androgen action.
(7) Testosterone, 5alpha-androstane-3alpha, 17beta-diol (3alpha-diol), and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) virilize the anlagen of the mammary gland by suppressing nipple formation but 5alpha-androstane-3beta, 17beta-diol, androsterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate do not affect female mammary differentiation.
(8) Beside the hypertension, an extreme virilization appeared.
(9) We describe a case of adrenal myelolipoma that simulated clinically and biochemically a virilizing adrenal tumor.
(10) After removal of the luteoma in week 32 of pregnancy, the virilizing symptoms of the mother completely regressed.
(11) Two enzymatic defects in the zona fasciculata, 11 beta- and 17 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency, can be first readily identified by the virilization in the former, hypogonadal features in the latter.
(12) An adrenal carcinosarcoma is reported in a 29-year-old female presenting with clinical signs of virilization.
(13) Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors of the ovary are rare neoplasms of young women and are best known for their frequent virilizing effects.
(14) The reconstruction of the virilized genitalia in females with adrenogenital syndrome (AGS) is carried out sparing the dorsal neurovascular bundle either through clitoral recession or reduction with simultaneous vaginoplasty and clitoroplasty.
(15) The most active virilizing steroid in this group was stanozolol followed by oxymetholone, methyl-testosterone and dimethysterone.
(16) The absence of a virilizing action is duly pointed out.
(17) A Leydig (Hilus)-cell tumor of the ovary was diagnosed in a 54-year-old woman with severe hirsutism and virilization.
(18) Its breeding programme is probably doomed by a combination of regulation (Californian authorities last year refused redevelopment plans for its San Diego site unless it stopped breeding orcas) and the fact that its virile male, Tilikum, appears to be dying .
(19) However, the basal s HY Ag value is sometimes increased in the absence of any testicular tissue, as in virilized females (21-hydroxylase deficiency, idiopathic or ovarian hirsutism).
(20) The combination of a myelolipoma and a true adenoma has only been described once before (in a case of virilization) and never in connection with Cushing's syndrome.