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secondary male characteristic

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secondary male characteristic
Any physical sign of change from a boy to a man–eg, development of facial hair. See Secondary sex characteristics.


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Estrogen also suppresses development of secondary male characteristics such as deepening of the voice and hair growth.
[18] Dulaurens then lists twelve more ancient and modern cases of women turning into men, including that of Phaetusa of the Corpus Hippocraticum, who in mourning over her banished husband was reported to have developed secondary male characteristics, a deeper voice and facial hair.
 
 
 
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