testicular feminization

feminization /fem·i·ni·za·tion/ (fem″ĭ-nĭ-za´shun)

1. the normal development of primary and secondary sex characters in females.

2. the induction or development of female secondary sex characters in the male.

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testicular feminization  complete androgen resistance.

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testicular feminization.

See feminization.

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feminization

1. the normal induction or development of female sex characters.

2. the induction or development of female secondary sex characters in the male, e.g. in testicular sertoli cell tumor.

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testicular feminization

a condition in which the subject is phenotypically female, but lacks nuclear sex chromatin and is of XY chromosomal sex.

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testicular feminization

Androgen-insensitivity syndrome, feminization; Morris syndrome Endocrinology An X-linked pseudohermaphroditic state occurring in a genotypic XY ♂ with a ♀ phenotype; there is normal secretion of and response to müllerian inhibiting hormone, resulting in a phenotypic ♀ Clinical ♀ habitus, sexual behavior and 2º sex characteristics, associated with a blind vaginal pouch without uterine tissue, scanty pubic and axillary hair, and internally, undescended testicles; although the gonads often harbor Sertoli cell adenomas, malignancy occurs in 4% of TF Lab Normal testosterone levels. See Male pseudohermaphroditism.