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Verb: virilise  'vi-ru,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: virilize)
  1. Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
    "the drugs virilised the teenage girl";
    - masculinize, masculinise [Brit], virilize

Derived forms: virilised, virilises, virilising

Type of: alter, change, modify

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